Background
Townsend, Earl C. was born on November 9, 1914 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Son of Earl Cunningham and Besse (Kuhn) Townsend.
Townsend, Earl C. was born on November 9, 1914 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Son of Earl Cunningham and Besse (Kuhn) Townsend.
Arsenal Technical Schools, Rector Scholar, DePauw University and (This Card Continued) University of Michigan (Bachelor of Arts, 1936). University of Michigan (Juris Doctor, 1939). Phi Kappa Phi. Founder and Senior Partner, Townsend & Townsend, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1940-1969.
Working as a partner of FARRELL & LADENDORF. EARL C. TOWNSEND, JR., bom Indianapolis, Indiana, November 9, 1914. Admitted to bar, 1939, Indiana and United States. District Court, Southern District of Indiana.
1962, United States.
District Court, Northern District of Indiana. 1973, Michigan, United States. Supreme Court, United States.
Courts of Appeals, Fourth, Sixth and Seventh Circuits and United States.
District Court, Eastern District of Michigan. 1975, United States. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia.
Education: Arsenal Technical Schools, Rector Scholar, DePauw University and (This Card Continued) University of Michigan (Bachelor of Arts, 1936). University of Michigan (Juris Doctor, 1939).
Phi Kappa Phi. Founder and Senior Partner, Townsend & Townsend, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1940-1969.
Recipient: Golden Career Award, Indiana State Bar Association, April 14, 1989. Champion of Justice Award, Fifty Year Certificate, State Bar of Michigan, September 22,1989. Editor, American Trial Lawyers Association Law Journal, 1959-1970.
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Admitted to the bar, 1939, Indiana and United States. District Court, Southern District of Indiana. 1962, United States. District Court, Northern District of Indiana.
1973, Michigan, United States.
Supreme Court, United States. Courts of Appeals, Fourth, Sixth and Seventh Circuits and United States.
District Court, Eastern District of Michigan. 1975, United States. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia.
(Additions to this republication by Steven L. Hart.)
Trustee Cathedral High School, Indianapolis, Eiteljorg Museum American Indian and Western Art, Cale J. Holder Scholarship Foundation Indiana U. Law School. Life trustee, board directors, member finance and building committees Indianapolis Museum Art. Life trustee Indiana State Museum.
Founder, director Meridian St. Foundation. Member dean's county Indiana U. Founder, life fellow Roscoe Pound/American Trial LawyersFound., Harvard University.
Fellow Methodist Hospital Foundation. Fellow International Academy Trial Lawyers, International Society Barristers, Ind.Bar Foundation (life trustee, distinguished fellow award). Member American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, American Bar Association (commission on trial techniques 1964-1976, aviation and space since 1977), Association Trial Lawyers American (vice president), Indiana State Bar Association (Golden Career award 1989), Indianapolis Bar Foundation (distinguished charter 1986), Indiana Trial Lawyers Association (president 1965, president College Fellows 1984-1990, Lifetime Achievement award 1992), American Board Trial Advocates (diplomate, president Indiana chapter 1980-1986), American Arbitration Association (national arbitrators panel), American Judicature Society, State Bar of Michigan (Champion of Justice award 1989), Roscommon CountyBar Association, 34th Judicial Circuit Bar Association, Bar Association 7th Federal Circuit (Board of Governors 1966-1968), Michigan Trial Lawyers Association, Society Mayflower Descendants (governor 1947-1949), Indiana History Society, Marion County/Indianapolis History Society (board of directors), University of Michigan President Club, University of Michigan Victors Club (founder, chartermem.), Trowel and Brush Society (honorary)., Genuine Indian Relic Society (founder, president, chairman frauds committee), The Players Club, Key Biscayne Yacht Club, Columbia Club, Masons (33 degree), Shriners, Delta Kappa Epsilon, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Emily Macnab, April 3, 1947(deceased March 1988). Children: Starr, Vicki M. (Mistress Christopher Katterjohn), Julia E. (Mistress Edward Goodrich Dunn Junior), Earl Cunningham III, Clyde G.