Background
Cline, Earl was born on December 18, 1886 in Weeping Water, Nebraska, United States. Son of William T. and Emma F. (Meloy) Cline.
Cline, Earl was born on December 18, 1886 in Weeping Water, Nebraska, United States. Son of William T. and Emma F. (Meloy) Cline.
Student Peru State Teachers College, 1905-1907, U. Nebraska College Law, 1910-1912, University of Michigan College Law, 1916. Honorary Doctor of Laws, U. Nebraska, 1966.
Teacher high school, 1907. Principal high school, Sidney, Nebraska, 1907-1909. Superintendent schools, Geneva, Nebraska, 1913-1915, Nebraska City, Nebraska, 1915-1916.
With law firm Pitzer, Cline & Tyler, Nebraska City, 1917-1922.
Member Hall, Cline & Williams, Lincoln, 1922-1942, Cline, Williams & Wright, 1942-1951, Cline, Williams, Wright & Johnson, 1951-1976, now Cline, Williams, Wright, Johnson & Oldfather. Board regents U. Nebraska, 1925-1937.
Trustee U. Nebraska Foundation, president, 1954-1955.
Served as captain 89th Division, United States Army, 1917-1919. Member American, Nebraska, Lincoln bar associations, American Legion (state commander 1919), Phi Kappa Psi, Phi Delta Phi. Mason.; Club: Country (Lincoln).
Married Mildred Holland, September 4, 1919.