Background
Button, ALbert Ronald was born on August 29, 1903 in Plainview, Nebraska, United States. Son of Albert L. and Sue E. (Bridwell) Button.
Button, ALbert Ronald was born on August 29, 1903 in Plainview, Nebraska, United States. Son of Albert L. and Sue E. (Bridwell) Button.
AB, Stanford University, 1925. Juris Doctor, Stanford University, 1928. Postgraduate, Harvard University Law School, 1925—1926.
Practice law specializing in corporation, business, real estate law, Hollywood, since 1928. President, director General Investment Corporation, Placer County Land Company, Desert Sky Development Corporation, Rancho Mirage Realty Company. Major South Carolina, Army of the United States, 1942-1945.
Trustee Rotary Foundation, 1970—1972. Chairman rules committee Republican National Convention, Chicago, 1952, state campaign coordinator in California delegate campaign, 1952. Republican national committeeman, 1953—1956.
Executive committee, 1954—1956. Host national committeeman Republican National Convention, 1956. Treasurer California State Republican Center Committee, 1950—1953.
Vice chairman Eisenhower campaign, California, 1952. State president California Republican Assembly, 1951—1952. Treasurer State of California, 1956—1959.
Chairman California State Center Committee, 1952—1953. Member of American Bar Association, Finance Officers Association United States and Canada, Hollywood Chamber of Commerce (vice president 1968-1969, president 1969-1973), Hollywood Bar Association 1931-1932, Nevada Bar Association, California Bar Association, Arizona Bar Association, Los Angeles Bar Association, Harvard Southern California Club, California Country Club, Bohemian Club, Los Angeles Country Club, Rotary (local president 1966-1967, trustee international foundation 1970-1972, member international finance committee 1972-1974, chairman 1973-1974, consultant group 1975-1976), Masons (32 degree), American Legion, AmVets World War II (California Commander 1946), Delta Sigma Rho, Phi Alpha Delta, Delta Upsilon.
Married Jeannette C. Cushman, 1921 (divorced 1930). 1 child Richard Ronald. Married Gladys McConnell, August 29, 1931 (divorced 1973).
Children: Albert Ronald II, Mary Barbara. Married Dorothy A. Shelton, September 30, 1974.