Arthur Burke Koontz

Background

Koontz, Arthur Burke was born on January 29, 1885 in Nicholas County, West Virginia, United States. Son of John and Alice (Groves) Koontz.

Education

Student Marshall College, Huntington, West Virginia, 1903-1907, Doctor of Laws, 1954. Bachelor of Laws, Yale, 1910. Doctor of Laws, Morris Harvey College.

Career

Junior grade) Arthur Burke, Junior (naval Air Force. Killed in Pacific area, April 9, 1945), Alice Annual Admitted to West Virginia bar, 1910, since in general practice, Charleston. Organized Union Trust Company, Charleston, West Virginia, 1913, elected vice-president and general counsel

Vice-president, director and counsel Charleston National Bank (with which Union Trust Company was consolidated) since 1929.

Director Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh since 1936.

Achievements

• Arthur Burke Koontz has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Democratic National Committee since 1940. Nominee for government West Virginia, 1920. Member American, West Virginia State Charleston City bar associations, Order of Coif, Phi Alpha Delta, Phi Beta Kappa.

Mason (Knight of the Order ot the Thistle, 32°, Shriner).

Clubs: Edgewood Country (Charleston).

Connections

Married Mazie Watson Sipe, December 15, 1915. Children: Mary Watson (Mistress G. M. M. Ragland), Lieutenant.

Father:

John Koontz

Mother:

Alice (Groves) Koontz

Spouse:

Mazie Watson Sipe

child:

Lieutenant Koontz

child:

Mary Watson Koontz (Mistress G. M. M. Ragland)