Background
Oliver, Allen Laws was born on January 19, 1886 in Jackson, Missouri, United States. Son of Robert Burett and Marie Elizabeth (Watkins) Oliver.
Oliver, Allen Laws was born on January 19, 1886 in Jackson, Missouri, United States. Son of Robert Burett and Marie Elizabeth (Watkins) Oliver.
Graduate Southeast Missouri Teachers College, summa cum laude, 1901-1905. Bachelor of Arts, University of Missouri, 1908, Bachelor of Laws, 1909.
Admitted to Maine bar, 1909, Supreme Court of the United States Court bar, 1912. Senior member firm Oliver & Oliver, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, since 1910. Vice-president and treasurer Oliver Land & Development Company.
Served as major Cadet Corps University of Missouri, 1909. Member State speaker committee, Missouri Council of Defense Missouri state vice president United Service Organisation. Member committee appointed by Supreme Court of the Missouri for adoption of new civil code.
Member of board Missouri State Chamber of C. (recipient Distinguished Service plaque 1961).
Fellow American Bar Foundation, American College Trial Lawyers. Member American Bar Association (award of merit, 1944).
Member or chairman various committees 1936-1942), Cape Girardeau.
Missouri historical societies, Four Chaplin’s Legion of Honor, also Order of Coif, Phi Delta Theta, Phi Delta Phi, Mystical Seven.
Mason (Knight of the Order of the Thistle Recipient Certificate of Merit from Grand Commandery, Missouri, 1948). Clubs: Rotary (honorary).
Married Olivia Leachman, October 28, 1913. Children: Allen Laws, John Leachman.