Cyril Arthur Soans

Background

Soans, Cyril Arthur was born on May 31, 1884 in near Nottingham, England. Son of John Isaac and Martha Anne (Campion) Soans.

Education

Graduate mechanic and electrical engineering, University College, Nottingham, 1902. Student New York, Law School, 1912-1913. Bachelor of Laws, John Marshall Law School, Chicago, 1915, Doctor of Laws, 1954, m.

Mary Agnes Finn, June 14, 1913.

Career

Came to the United States, 1904, naturalized, 1911. Engineer mining projects, B.C., Nevada, 1903-1905. Research telphone engineering, manufacturer electrical supplies, Chicago, 1906-1910.

Research electrical starting and lighting of automobiles, New York City, 1911-1913. Practice of law, specializing patent law, Chicago, from 1913. Member firm Soans, Anderson, Luedeka & Fitch, and predecessors, 1918-1965.

Membership

Member American (chairman patent section 1956), Chicago bar associations, Association Bar City of New York, Chicago Patent Law Association (president 1948), American Institute of Electrical Engineers, American Patent Law Association. Mason ( Knights Templar, Shriner). Clubs: Oak Park (Illinois) Country.

Connections

Children: Jacqueline, Tracy.

Father:

John Isaac Soans

Mother:

Martha Anne (Campion) Soans

child:

Jacqueline Soans

child:

Tracy Soans