Background
King, Edgar Irwin was born on November 18, 1913 in Logan, Kansas, United States. Son of Edgar Irwin and Frances Emmaline (Brown) King.
King, Edgar Irwin was born on November 18, 1913 in Logan, Kansas, United States. Son of Edgar Irwin and Frances Emmaline (Brown) King.
Student Hays State College, 1930-1932. Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Kansas, 1934, Juris Doctor, 1937. Doctor of Laws, Temple University, 1959.
Admitted to Kansas bar, 1937, Ohio, 1947. Practice of law, Logan, Kansas, 1937. Assistant professor; law U. Kansas City, 1937-1941.
Associate professor of law U. Louisville, 1941-1946.
Associate professor of law Western Reserve University, 1946-1950, professor, 1950-1962, assistant dean, 1951-1958, director graduate law program, 1953-1958, dean, 1958-1962. Professor of law Dickinson School Law, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, from 1962, assistant dean, 1967-1974, John Edward Fowler Distinguished professor, from 1973, dean, from 1974.
Visiting professor Hastings College Law, University of California, 1971-1972. Chairman regional enforcement commission WSB, 1952-1953.
Served as commander of The United States Navy Reserve, 1943-1946. Member American, Pennsylvania bar associations, American Law Institute, Order of Coif, Phi Alpha Delta.
Married Anna Grace Vander Velde, August 19, 1937.