Background
Preston, Henry Atwater was born on October 5, 1919 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Frederick Augustus and Margaret (Atwater) Preston.
Preston, Henry Atwater was born on October 5, 1919 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Frederick Augustus and Margaret (Atwater) Preston.
Yale University (Bachelor of Arts, 1941). Harvard University (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1948). Member, Commercial Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association.
Associate Sidley & Austin, Chicago, 1948-1956, partner, 1956-1984, of counsel, since 1985. Board directors, secretary Dukane Corporation, St. Charles, Illinois, since 1970. Board directors Profit Counselors Inc., Sarasota, Florida, since 1958.
Member Lake Forest Plan Commission, Illinois, 1974-1981, chairman 1976-1981. Trustee Shimer College, Mount Carroll, Illinois, 1969-1975, Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, since 1983. Board directors Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights under Law, Chicago, 1969-1978, co-chairman, 1976-1977.
Served to lieutenant Commander United States Naval Reserve, 1940-1945. Member American Bar Association, Illinois Bar Association, Chicago Bar Association, Lake County Bar Association Clubs: Shoreacres (Lake Bluff, Illinois) (president 1976-1978). Old Elm (Fort Sheridan, Illinois).
Law (Chicago), Legal (Chicago), Mid-Day (Chicago). Little (Delray Beach, Florida). Gulf Stream (Florida) Golf.
Married Eleanore L. Tompkins, March 21, 1942. Children: Henry LeBaron, James Marshall, Julia Drury. Married second Dolores Mummert, June 30, 1960.