Background
Burns, Howard Fletcher was born on October 25, 1888 in Lockport, New York, United States. Son of William Treat and Ella Louise (Marsh) Burns.
Burns, Howard Fletcher was born on October 25, 1888 in Lockport, New York, United States. Son of William Treat and Ella Louise (Marsh) Burns.
Student Lewis Institute, Chicago, Illinois, 1906-1908. Bachelor of Arts, Amherst College, 1912. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard University, 1916.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Cleveland State University (formerly Fenn College), 1961.
Admitted to Ohio bar, 1917. Associated with Bachelor of Medicine and His (or Her) Highness Johnson, Cleveland, 1916-1917, with White, Johnson, Cannon & Neff, Cleveland, 1917-1921. Practiced individually, 1921-1927.
Partner in firm, Baker, Hostetler & Sidlo, and successor firms, Baker, Hostetler, Sidlo & Patterson and Baker, Hostetler & Patterson, 1928-1968.
Director Eudy & Associates, Incorporated.
Member American Law Institute (council. Member visiting committee Western Reserve Law School 1958-1968. Member board of trustees Cleveland Institute of Music, Museum Arts Association, Fenn College, 1952-1965.
Fellow American Bar Foundation, American College Trial Lawyers.
Member Association of Bar New York City, American (Chairman of Commission on federal judiciary 1949-1953), Ohio, Cleveland (president 1958-1959), Inter. American bar associations, American Judicature Society, Judicial Conference 6th Circuit (life), Harvard Law School Association (member of the council 1957-1961).
Clubs: Amherst, Century Association (New York City).
Married Mary Leaycraft Strong, December 9, 1916 (died December 20, 1922). Married second, Elna Margareta Anderson, September 3, 1924. Children: Allen Anderson, Howard Marsh.