Background
Starrs, John Richard was born on August 15, 1913 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Thomas Charles and Nora Ellen (Command) Starrs.
Starrs, John Richard was born on August 15, 1913 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Thomas Charles and Nora Ellen (Command) Starrs.
Bachelor of Arts Detroit, 1934. Juris Doctor, University Detroit, 1938.
Private practice, Detroit, 1938-1984. Senior partner Higgins, Starrs & Macdonell. Faculty University Detroit Law School, 1949-1965.
Board directors American Electrical Heater Company.
Michigan correspondent Selden Society. Active as trained adult in scouting movement, 1959-1966. Founder, past president Friends of University Detroit Library.
Trustee Catholic Social Services Wayne County. Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1946. Member State Bar Michigan (chairman hearing panel attorney discipline board), Detroit Bar Association, American Arbitration Association (panel arbitrators), Alpha Sigma Nu.
Married Geraldine Leigh Poe, September 26, 1948 (deceased January 1950). 1 child, Thomas; married Mabel Angeline Gilchrist, May 26, 1951 (deceased December 1996). Children: Mary, Elizabeth, William, Kathleen, Michael, Margaretta, John.