Joseph Swan Platt

Background

Platt, Joseph Swan was born on January 8, 1902 in Columbus, Ohio, United States. Son of Rutherford Hayes and Maryette (Smith) Platt.

Education

Graduate Hotchkiss School, 1920. Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1924. Bachelor of Laws cum laude, Harvard, 1927.

Career

Admitted to Ohio bar, 1927, since practiced in Columbus. Partner firm Porter, Wright, Morris and Arthur and predecessor firms, 1946-1981. With American Automobile Association, 1933-1934, Board Economics Warfare, 1943.

Chief criminal and compromise sections tax division Department Justice, 1944-1946.

Lecturer, Adjunct Professor College Law, Ohio State University, 1946-1973.

Achievements

• Joseph Swan Platt has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member commissioner’s advising committee Internal Revenue Service, 1953-1955. Fellow American, Ohio bar foundations Member American, Ohio, Columbus bar associations, American Law Institute, Phi Beta Kappa, Order of Coif, Alpha Delta Phi, Phi Delta Phi.

Connections

Married Margaret Hubbell Day, February 24, 1930. Children: Emily (Mistress Roy L. Hilburn), Robert Day, William Rutherford, David Day, Elizabeth Swan (Mistress Charles R. Carmalt).

Father:

Rutherford Hayes Platt

Mother:

Maryette (Smith) Platt

Spouse:

Margaret Hubbell Day

child:

Emily Platt (Mistress Roy L. Hilburn)

child:

David Day Platt

child:

William Rutherford Platt

child:

Robert Day Platt

child:

Elizabeth Swan Platt (Mistress Charles R. Carmalt)