Background
Lappen, Chester I. was born on May 4, 1919 in Des Moines. Son of Robert C. and Anna (Sideman) Lappen.
Lappen, Chester I. was born on May 4, 1919 in Des Moines. Son of Robert C. and Anna (Sideman) Lappen.
University of California at Los Angeles (Bachelor of Arts, with highest honors, 1940). Harvard University (Bachelor of Laws, magna cum laude, 1943).
Worked at Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp Limited Liability Partnership (Los Angeles, California) specializing in Corporate Law, Real Estate Law. Admitted to the bar, 1943, Iowa and California. President, and Editor-in-Chief, Harvard Law Review, 1942-1943.
President, Junior Bar of Los Angeles County, 1953.
Chairman, Harvard Alumni Association of Southern California, 1972-1983. National Vice President, Harvard Alumni Association, 1972-1977.
Chairman of the Board, Immaculate Heart College, 1975-1988. President, Los Angeles Junior Bar, 1953.
Trustee, University of California, Los Angeles Foundation, 1970.
Member: Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County (Member, Board of Trustees, 1953) and American (Chairman, Procedural Reform Committee of Southern California, 1953-1955) Bar Associations. The State Bar of California.
Chairman board of trustees Immaculate Heart College, 1981-1988. Trustee University of California at Los Angeles Foundation. Vice-president, director Center for Childhood.
Served as special agent Central Intelligence Agency Army of the United States, 1943-1946. Member American Bar Association, Los Angeles Bar Association (director) 1953), Los Angeles Junior Bar Association (president 1953), Beverly Hills (California) Bar Association, Harvard Law School Alumni Association Southern California (president 1973-1982).
Married Jon Tyroler Irmas, June 29, 1941. Children— Jonathan Bailey, Timothy, Andrea L., Sally Morris.