Background
Burgess, Kenneth Farwell was born on October 16, 1887 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Frederick and Anna A. (Heckman) Burgess.
Burgess, Kenneth Farwell was born on October 16, 1887 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Frederick and Anna A. (Heckman) Burgess.
Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Wisconsin, 1910. Bachelor of Laws, 1912. Doctor of Laws, 1949.
Doctor of Laws, Northwestern University, 1959.
October 11, 1920); children—Mary L. (Mistress James Edward Day), Kenneth Farwell, Junior. Married second, Hazel Geraldine David, September 28, 1922;(Mistress Clyde East. Shorey, Junior).
Instructor, University of Wisconsin, 1911-1912.
Practiced law Lancaster, Wisconsin, 1912-1915. Circuit court commissioner, 1913-1915.
Attorney C.B.&Q. Railroad Company, Chicago 1915-1917, general attorney, 1917-1924, general solicitor, 1924-1931. Regional commerce counsel United States Railroad Administration, 1918-1920.
General counsel Illinois Bell Telephone Сompany, 1931-1952.
Partner Cutting, Moore & Sidley (now Sidley, Austin, Burgess & Smith) since 1931. Chairman or counsel for reorganization managers in various railroad organizations, 1935-1945. Counsel for r.r.s. War Materials Reparation Cases, 1946-1955.
Director C.B.&Q. Railroad Company, Colorado & Southern Railway Company, State Bank & Trust Company of Evanston, Illinois, Burton-Dixie Corporation, Chicago Civilian member Navy Manpower Survey Committee, 9th Naval District, 1944.
President board of trustees Northwestern University, 1937-1959, life trustee, since 1959. Trustee Museum Science and Industry, since 1952, Newberry Library, Chicago, since 1961.
Fellow American Bar Foundation. Member 7th Federal Circuit (president 1958-1959). American (chairman public utilities section 1928-1929), Illinois, Chicago bar associations, American Economics Association, Academy Political Science, The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago (governing life.
Clubs: Chicago, University, Indian Hill, Wisconsin Society of Chicago, Commonwealth (president 1932-1933), Commercial (president 1949-1950) Law, Legal, Glen View, Old Elm.
Married Louise Frances Todd, October 10, 1914 (deceased. Married second, Hazel Geraldine David, September 28, 1922. Children: Mary L. (Mistress James Edward