Claude B. Cross

Background

Cross, Claude B. was born on October 22, 1893 in Enterprise, Mississippi, United States. Son of John Clifton and Mary Elizabeth (Killam) Cross.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Missouri, 1914. Master of Arts, Harvard, 1915, Bachelor of Laws, 1920, Juris Doctor, 1969. Doctor Juridical Science, Suffolk University, 1970.

Career

Assistant, Office of President New York Central Lincolnshire, 1920-1921. Admitted to Massachusetts bar, 1922. Trial work with Sherman L. Whipple, Boston, 1921-1930.

Senior partner Withington, Cross, Proctor & Park, and successor firms, including Withington, Cross, Park & Groden, Boston.

Chairman Massachusetts chapter Multiple Sclerosis, 1954-1956, now honorary chairman Trustee New England Baptist Hospital. Trustee, member Executive Committee Andover-Newton Theological School.

Achievements

• Claude B. Cross has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served from Second lieutenant to captain, 7th Field Artillery, 1st Division, United States Army, 1917-1919. Fellow American Bar Foundation, American College Trial Lawyers. Member American Law Institute, American, Massachusetts, Boston (president 1957-1959) bar associations.

Club: The Country (Brookline).

Connections

Married Jeannette MacDonald, April.

Father:

John Clifton Cross

Mother:

Mary Elizabeth (Killam) Cross

Spouse:

Jeannette MacDonald