Background
Downs, John Edward was born on May 12, 1917 in St. Joseph, Missouri, United States. Son of William E. and Marguerite C. (Collins) Downs.
Downs, John Edward was born on May 12, 1917 in St. Joseph, Missouri, United States. Son of William E. and Marguerite C. (Collins) Downs.
Juris Doctor, University Missouri, 1940.
Group attorney Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, 1946-1948. Senior partner firm Downs & Pierce, St. Joseph, 1948-1977. United States representative with rank minister to International Civil Aviation Organization, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1977-1982.
Of counsel Pope, Nichols, Hicks, St. Joseph, Missouri, from 1982. Prospective attorney Buchanan County, St. Joseph, 1950-1954. Member Missouri House of Representatives, 1954-1956, Missouri Senate, 1958-1968.
Political founder Missouri Western College, St. Joseph, president board trustees, 1975. Guest lecturer international law Massachusetts Institute of Technology, McGill University.
Served to lieutenant colonel United States Marine Corps Reserve, 1941-1945, PTO. Member American, Missouri bar associations, American Trial Lawyers Association, Marine Corps Reserve Officer Association, American Civil Liberties Union.