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Edward Joseph Dempsey, American lawyer

Background

Dempsey, Edward Joseph was born on March 18, 1878 in Town of Merton, Waukesha County, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Edward Louis and Ann (Mountain) Dempsey.

Education

Student State Teachers College, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, 1898-1901. Law study, University of Wisconsin, 1904-1906, University of Chicago, summer 1905. Doctor of Laws, University Wisconsin, 1945.

Career

November 15, 1952); children—John Edward, Joseph Francis, George Raymond (killed in action June 28, 1944). Principal of the Frentz School, Oshkosh, 1901-1904. Admitted to Wisconsin bar, 1907, and practiced since at Oshkosh.

Member Bouck, Hilton, Dempsey & Magnusen.

Secretary and director Nicolet Paper Corporation. Director Employers Mutual Fire Insurance Company.

Director Employers Mutual Liability Insurance Company of Wisconsin, Wisconsin Bankshares Company, Title Guaranty Company of Wisconsin, Milprint, Incorporated., First National Bank (Oshkosh). Chairman of the Board and director Riverside Paper Corporation.

Director and secretary Green Bay and Mississippi Canal Company.

Director Naber & Company, First Wisconsin Trust Company, First Wisconsin National Bank, Universal Foundry Company. Director Oshkosh Motor Truck, Incorporated., (Wisconsin). Bergstrom Paper Company.

Achievements

  • Edward Joseph Dempsey has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Bouck, Hilton, Dempsey & Magnusen. Member of the board of trustees and general counsel Lawrence College of Appleton, Wisconsin. Member board regents Wisconsin Teachers College, 1914-1946, president of the board, 1924-1946.

President Board Bar Commissioners Wisconsin, 1940-1949.

Member Wisconsin State Board of Education, 1917-1923. Member American Bar Association, Wisconsin Bar Association (president 1928-1929), Phi Alpha Delta.

Democratic. Member Knights of Columbus.

Clubs: Rotary, Candlelight, Oshkosh Country.

Connections

Married Sadie A. Hearn, June 26, 1907 (deceased. Children: John Edward, Joseph Francis, George Raymond (killed in action June 28, 1944).

Father:
Edward Louis Dempsey

Mother:
Ann (Mountain) Dempsey

Spouse:
Sadie A. Hearn

child:
Joseph Francis Dempsey

child:
John Edward Dempsey

child:
1944) Dempsey

child:
George Raymond (killed in action June 28 Dempsey