Background
Donnell, Forrest C. was born on August 20, 1884 in Quitman, Missouri, United States. Son of John Cary and Barbara Lee (Waggoner) Donnell.
Donnell, Forrest C. was born on August 20, 1884 in Quitman, Missouri, United States. Son of John Cary and Barbara Lee (Waggoner) Donnell.
Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Missouri, 1904, Bachelor of Laws, 1907, Doctor of Laws, 1960. Doctor of Laws, Westminster College, Missouri, 1941.
Admitted to Missouri bar, 1907, practiced in office of Selden P. Spencer, Saint Louis, 1907-1911. Member Spencer & Donnell, 1911-1925, Spencer, Donnell & McDonald, 1925-1928, Holland, Lashly & Donnell, 1928-1933, Donnell & McDonald, 1933-1941. Governor of Missouri, 1941-1945.
United States senator from Missouri, 1945-1951.
Private practice law, Saint Louis, 1951-1956. Member firm Donnell, Schoenbeck & Donnell, Saint Louis, 1956-1967, Donnell, Schoenbeck & Louisiana Tourette, 1967.
Individual practice law, 1967-1980. President Association Young Republicans Missouri, 1916.
Chairman of the Board managers
Missouri School for Blind, 1931-1934. Former trustee State History Society Missouri. Chairman of the Board Downtown Young Men's Christian Association, 1932-1935.
Member, former chairman Saint Louis advisory board Salvation Army.
President Missouri Sunday School Council Religious Education, 1929-1931. President Saint Louis City Evangelization Union of Methodist Episcopal Church, 1930-1934.
Former chairman Saint Louis World Court Committee. Delegate from Missouri to General Conference Methodist Church, Atlantic City, 1932.
Trustee Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Association.
Member American Bar Association (member first house of deals. Member committee American citizenship 1934-1935. Member committee legal aid, 1920-1928, et cetera), Missouri Bar, American Law Institute, Association Bar City New York, Bar Association Saint Louis, Missouri Academy Squires, Order of Coif, Phi Beta Kappa, Kappa Sigma, Phi Delta Phi.
Mason (33 degree, past grand master of Grand Lodge Missouri.
Deputy for Missouri of Scottish Rite 1937-1939). Clubs: Noonday, Scottish Rite (Saint Louis).
Married Hilda Hays, January 29, 1913. Children: Ruth, John Lanier.