Background
Laporte, Cloyd was born on July 25, 1892 in Springfield, Missouri, United States. Son of Alphonse Adolph and Nina Agnes (Mitchell) Laporte.
Laporte, Cloyd was born on July 25, 1892 in Springfield, Missouri, United States. Son of Alphonse Adolph and Nina Agnes (Mitchell) Laporte.
Bachelor of Arts summa cum laude in duabus, Harvard, 1916, Bachelor of Laws, 1920.
Admitted to New York bar, 1921. Associate Root, Clark, Buckner and Howland, New York City, 1920-1925. Member Root, Ballantine, Harlan, Bushby & Palmer and predecessor firms, 1925-1954, opened Paris office, 1929-1930.
Member Dewey, Ballantine, Bushby, Palmer & Wood, New York City, 1955-1974.
Trustee, member executive mortgage committees Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association American, 1948-1962.
Trustee, member Executive Committee College Retirement Equities Fund, 1952-1962. Chairman Board Ethics City New York, 1960-1972, chairman New York State Joint Legislative Committee on Ethics, 1964-1965.
Past chairman planning and program committee Judicial Conference 2d Circuit.
Board of directors, treasurer Hospital Review and Planning Council of Southern New York, 1948-1964. Life fellow American Bar Foundation (50-year award 1972). Member American Judicature Society, Association Bar City New York, International, American (house delegations 1954-1970, New York delegate 1962-1970), New York (chairman of the executive committee 1954-1956, president 1956-1957) bar associations, Practising Law Institute (trustee), New York County Lawyers Association (director) 1952-1958), American Society International Law, American Law Institute, Harvard Law School Association New York City (president 1963-1964), Phi Beta Kappa (president New York alumni 1966-1967), Phi Beta Kappa Associates (president 1962-1969, director 1962-1974).
Clubs: Century, Down Town, Harvard, University (New York City). President Harvard Law Review, 1919-1920.
Married Marguerite Elva Raeder, October 17, 1916. Children: Rita, Cloyd, Lowell.