Background
Davis, Chester R. was born on August 30, 1930 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Chester R. and Mead (Scoville) Davis.
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Chester R. Davis
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Graduate, Phillips Exeter Academy, 1947; Bachelor of Arts, Princeton, 1951; Bachelor of Laws, Harvard, 1958.
Career
Partner, Bell, Boyd & Lloyd and predecessor firms, Chicago, 1968-1991; private practice law, Winnetka, Illinois, since 1991.
Achievements
Membership
Association Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, since 1964, Adlai Stevenson Institute International Affairs, since 1968, Newberry Library, Chicago, since 1974;member Winnetka (Illinois) Zoning Commission and Board Appeals, 1974-1979. Member Winnetka Plan Commission, 1976-1982, 84-88. Chairman Special Joint.
Committee of Winnetka Zoning Board and Plan Commission to Revise Land Use Ordinances, 1978-1983. Village trustee Village of Winnetka, 1984-1988. Secretary, board directors Vascular Disease Research Foundation.
Member alumni council Phillips Exeter Academy;chairman Winnetka Interchurch Council, 1981-1984. Served to Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1952-1956, now captain (retired). Rear admiral Illinois Naval Militia (retired).
Member American Bar Association, Illinois State Bar Association (member, real property law section county, since 1992), Chicago Bar Association (chairman committee civil practice 1969-1970, chairman land use and zoning committee 1980-1982, chairman real property law committee 1983-1984, chairman entertainment committee 1991-1992, producer Christmas Spirits show), American Society International Law, American Judicature Society, American Arbitration Association (national panel arbitrators, member large complex case panel), United States Naval Institute, Naval Reserve Association, American Planning Association, Urban Land Institute, Chicago Mortgage Attorneys Association, Harvard Law School Association (national vice president 1970-1971), Cliff Dwellers Chicago (president 1993-1995), University Club Chicago, Economics Club Chicago, Law Club Chicago, Legal Club Chicago, Princeton Club New York City, Nassau Club, Princeton, New Jersey.
Connections
Married Anne Meserve, March 3, 1962. Children: John Chester, Julia Snow, Elizabeth Meserve.
