Background
Mills, Edward Kirkpatrick was born on March 19, 1906 in in Morristown, New Jersey, United States. Son of Edward Kirkpatrick and Laura (Slade) Mills.
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Edward Kirkpatrick Mills, American lawyer Decorated Air Meda member of the board aldermen, Morristown, New Jersey, 1936-1939, mayor, 1949-1950; Served as pilot anti-submarine patrol Civil Air Patrol, flight instructor Air Corps Reserve, 1942-1943; Member Morris Company, Federal, American bar associations, American Legion, New Jersey History.Soc., Washington Association of New Jersey, Phi Delta Phi.
Education
Graduate Phillips Exeter Academy, 1924. Bachelor of Arts, Princeton, 1928. Bachelor of Laws, Yale, 1931.
Career
Admitted to New Jersey bar, 1931. Associate Pitney, Hardin & Skinner, Newark, 1931-1938. Secretary bondholders protective committees for financial reorganization Central of Georgia Railway, Northern Ohio Railroad, 1933-1938.
Chief opinion section general counsel’s office Civil Aeronautical.
Board, Washington, 1939-1940. Partner Mills, Jeffers & Mountain, Morristown, New Jersey, 1940-1956.
Member board, president Morristown Airport Corporation, 1946-1949. Director Morristown Trust Company, 1938-1956.
Vice-president, director Boniface Printing Company (now L. P. Thebault Company), Morristown, 1954-1956.
Deputy administrator General Services Administration, Washington, 1956-1960, also acting commissioner transportation and utilities service, 1957, acting commissioner of public buildings service, 1959. Member Federal Trade Commission, 1960-1961. Secretariat Joint Chiefs of Staff committees, Army-Navy Air Transport and Atlantic Communications.
Achievements
Membership
Member of the board aldermen, Morristown, New Jersey, 1936-1939, mayor, 1949-1950. Served as pilot anti-submarine patrol Civil Air Patrol, flight instructor Air Corps Reserve, 1942-1943. Member Morris Company, Federal, American bar associations, American Legion, New Jersey History.Soc., Washington Association of New Jersey, Phi Delta Phi.
Clubs: Metropolitan (Washington), Princeton (New York City).
Connections
Married Shirley R. Burks, September 23, 1944. Children: Shirley Neel, Katina Slade.
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Nationality
American -
Religion
Episcopalian -
Political Party
Republican