Background
Furlong, Clair Willits was born on October 31, 1905 in Weaver, West Virginia, United States. Son of John C. and Emma (Willits) Furlong.
Furlong, Clair Willits was born on October 31, 1905 in Weaver, West Virginia, United States. Son of John C. and Emma (Willits) Furlong.
Bachelor of Laws, Chgo-Kent College Law., 1926.
Ann (Mistress Robert Russell Foster). Married second, Janet Callender Buffington, August 27, 1971. 1 stepdau., Janet C. Gohres, Admitted to Illinois bar, 1927.
Practiced in Chicago, 1927-1928.
With Continental Illinois Bank & Trust Company, Chicago, 1929-1970, assistant secretary, 1937-1941, trust officer, 1941-1944, Second vice president, 1944-1947, vice president, 1947-1965, senior vice president, 1965-1970. Member pension committee Weil-McLain Company, 1970-1973.
Director Blackfoot Coal & Land Corporation Treasurer, trustee Chicago Bar Association Foundation, 1959-1966. Advisory board Illinois.
Member pension committee Weil-McLain Company, 1970-1973. Masonic Hospital; member Northwestern University Associates. Member citizens board University of Chicago.
Member American (Chairman of Commission on banking institutions and regulated investment companies of taxation section 1957-1959), Illinois, Chicago (treas.ex-officio.
Clubs: Law, Legal, Bankers, Union League, Economic.
Married Elizabeth Angela Tamblyn, October 12, 1927 (deceased). Married second, Janet Callender Buffington, August 27, 1971.