Background
Burns, Kenneth Jones was born on October 3, 1926 in Cleveland. Son of Kenneth Jones and Isabel (Nanson) Burns.
Burns, Kenneth Jones was born on October 3, 1926 in Cleveland. Son of Kenneth Jones and Isabel (Nanson) Burns.
Bachelor of Science, Northwestern University, 1948; Juris Doctor, Northwestern University, 1951.
Associate, Jenner & Block, Chicago, 1951-1960;
partner, Jenner & Block, 1961-1972;
senior vice president, general counsel, secretary, Anchor Hocking Corporation, Lancaster, Ohio., 1972-1979;
vice president, general counsel, secretary, IMCERA Group, Inc. (formerly International Minerals & Chemical Corporation), Northbrook, Illinois, 1979-1993;
executive legal consultant, Mallinckrodt Group Inc. (formerly IMCERA Group, Inc.), Northbrook, 1993-1998.
Legal counsel Chicago Junior Association Commerce and Industry, 1955-1958. Lecturer Northwestern University School Law, 1955.
President Wilmette Civic Improvement Association, 1958-1962. Vice-president, director Citizens of Greater Chicago, 1961-1964. Board directors American Bar Endowment, 1975-1990, vice president, 1981-1983, president, 1983-1985.
With United States Naval Reserve, 1945-1946, 51-52. Fellow American Bar Foundation (director 1983-1985, 90-, treasurer 1993-1996, vice president 1996-1998, president since 1998). Member American Bar Association (chairman junior bar conference 1961-1962, house of deals 1962-1964, 71—, assistant secretary 1967-1971, secretary, governor 1971-1975), Illinois Bar Association, Chicago Bar Association (board of managers 1961-1963), American Bar Retirement Association (board directors 1982-1986), Association General Counsel, American Law Institute, Illinois Bar Foundation, Chicago Barrister Inn (president 1966-1967), Legal Club Chicago (Executive Committee 1981-1982), Law Club Chicago, Order of Coif, Sigma Chi, Phi Delta Phi.
Married Edith Louise Mitten, June23, 1949. Children: Deborah, Kenneth Jones III, Sarah, Elizabeth, Nancy, Andrew.