Charles Sims Farr

Background

Farr, Charles Sims was born on June 29, 1920 in Hewlett, New York, United States. Son of John Farr and Hazel (Zealy) Sims.

Education

Student, Princeton University, 1938-1940; Bachelor of Laws, Columbia University, 1948.

Career

Associate, White & Case, New York City, 1948-1958; partner, White & Case, New York City, 1959-1988; of counsel, White & Case, New York City, 1989-1992; retired, White & Case, New York City. Member board visitors Columbia University School Law.

Achievements

• Charles Sims Farr has been listed as a reputable Lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Chairman Commonwealth Fund, New York City, 1976-1993. Trustee St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, 1968-1992, General Theological Seminary, 1968-1977, New York Zoological Society, Kent School. Member board foreign parishes Protestant Episcopal Church, 1954-1978, president 1977.

Chancellor to president bishop Protestant Episcopal Church in United States of America, 1977-1985. Vestryman St. James Church, New York City, 1966-1976. Senior warden, 1973-1976, junior warden, 1984-1986.

Member council Rockefeller University, 1980-1992. Former member board visitors Columbia University School Law. Fellow American College Probate Counsel (regent 1960-1975), American Bar Foundation.

Member American Bar Association (chairman tax aspects decendent's estates 1974-1976, board directors real property, probate and trust law section 1976-1978, chairman committee application securities laws to fiduciaries 1974-1976), New York State Bar Association (chairman trusts and estates committee 1966-1968), Association of Bar of City of New York (committee professional responsibility 1972-1974), Century Club (trustee 1992-1995), Links Club, River Club, Pilgrims Club, Yeamans Hall (South Carolina).

Connections

Married Mary Randolph Rue, December 21, 1946 (deceased December 1980). Children: Charles Sims, Virginia Farr Ramsey, Randolph Rue, John II. Married Muriel Tobin Byrnes, October 13, 1990.

Father:

John Farr Sims

Mother:

Hazel (Zealy) Sims

Spouse:

Muriel Tobin Byrnes

Spouse:

Mary Randolph Rue

child:

John II Farr

child:

Virginia Farr Ramsey Farr

child:

Randolph Rue Farr

child:

Charles Sims Farr