Background
CUMMINS, Alva Marvin was born on February 24, 1869 in Perry, Michigan, United States. Son of Jeptha and Phoebe Heaton (Dickerson) Cummins.
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Alva Marvin CUMMINS
Edit ProfileCommis sioner Michigan Public Utilities
Education
Kalamazoo College; studied law in office of S. L. Kilbourne, Lansing.
Career
Prosecuting Attorney, Ingham Company, Michigan, 1897-1898. Member and president Lansing Board of Education. Chmn. Commission which drafted Michigan Judicature Act of 1915 (1915-1914).
Democrat cand. for Governor. of Michigan, 1922. Chmn. Michigan Procedure Commission, 1927-1929. Member Michigan Public Utilities Commission, since 1929.
President Michigan State Bar Association, 1928-1929.
Membership
Member: Masons; Knights of Pythias.
Connections
Spouse Jennie Osborne, 1892. (2nd) Fannie Fitch, February 22, 1900.
