Background
Kerr, Arthur Stewart was born on August 12, 1915 in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. Son of John Thomas and Eunice Miller (Bruner) Kerr.
Kerr, Arthur Stewart was born on August 12, 1915 in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. Son of John Thomas and Eunice Miller (Bruner) Kerr.
Bachelor of Arts, University Tennessee, Chattanooga, 1936; Juris Doctor, University of Virginia, 1938.
Special assistant to, United States Attorney General, Washington, Chicago and Detroit, 1938-1947; partner, Kerr, Russell & Weber (and predecessors), Detroit, 1947-1985; of counsel, Kerr, Russell & Weber (and predecessors), Detroit, from 1986. Director various corporations. Member Attorney General's National Committee to Study Antitrust Laws, 1953-1955, 68.
Board of directors Children's Aid Society, from 1962, president, 1972-1984. Board directors Metropolitan Detroit Council Churches, from 1976, president, 1981-1982. Board directors Children's Center, president, 1990.
Board directors Grosse Pointe War Memorial Association, chairman,1989-1990. Member American Bar Association (past council antitrust section board directors 1963-1968), Federal Bar Association, Michigan Bar Association (past chairman antitrust section and administrative law section), Detroit Bar Association, Detroit Club.
Married Katherine Broyles, November 18, 1938 (divorced 1960). Children: Katherine (Mistress Kerr Campbell), A. Stewart Junior, Bruce B. Married Jennie Ilene Veen, November 29, 1968.