Background
Chisholm, Donald Herbert was born on September 25, 1917 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Son of Herbert Charles and Bessie May (Osborne) Chisholm.
Chisholm, Donald Herbert was born on September 25, 1917 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Son of Herbert Charles and Bessie May (Osborne) Chisholm.
Associate of Arts, Kansas City Junior College, 1935. Juris Doctor, University Missouri, 1938. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Park College, 1979.
Worked at Stinson, Magazine & Fizzell, A Professional Corporation (Kansas City, Missouri) specializing in Estate Planning Law, Wills Law, Trusts Law. Admitted to the bar, 1938, Missouri. Delta Theta Phi; Order of the Coif.
Member: Lawyers Association of Kansas City.
Missouri Bar; American Bar Association. American Bar Foundation.
American College of Trusts and Estate Counsel.
Director, former chairman Truman Medical Center. Trustee Ella C. and Jacob Loose Foundation, Midwest Research Institute, University Kansas City, Harry Wilson Loose Trust, Victor E. and Caroline E. Schutte Foundation, Mag Foundation, St. Luke Hospital Foundation, Harry S. Truman Library. Institute; past chairman Children's Mercy Hospital.
Trustee emeritus Park College. Board governors and business council Nelson Atkins Museum Captain Army of the United States, 1943-1946. Fellow American College Trust and Estate Counsel (regent 1967-1973), American Bar Foundation.
Mem.ABA, Missouri Bar Association (President' award 1977, Spurgeon Smithson award 1981), Kansas City Bar Association, Missouri Bar Foundation (president 1984-1987, trustee 1988-1994), American Judicature Society, Lawyers Association of Kansas City, University Club, Mission Hills (Kansas) Country Club, Order of Coif.
Married Mildred Ruth Ice, December 1, 1940. Children: William L., Nan Elizabeth.