Background
Bell, Laird was born on April 6, 1883 in Winona, Minnesota, United States. Son of Frederic S. and Frances (Laird) Bell.
Bell, Laird was born on April 6, 1883 in Winona, Minnesota, United States. Son of Frederic S. and Frances (Laird) Bell.
Preparatory education, Saint Paul’s School, Concord, New Hampshire (U.S.) Bachelor of Arts, Harvard University, 1904, Doctor of Laws, 1955. Juris Doctor, University of Chicago, 1907, LL. Doctorate., 1953.
Doctor of Laws, Carleton College, 1955.
Admitted Illinois bar, 1907, since in practice at Chicago. Member firm Bell, Boyd, Lloyd, Haddad & Burns since 1936. Chairman board directors of the Weyerhauser Timber Company, 1947-1955.
Director various corporations President Board Education, Winnetka, Illinois, 1919-1923.
Member Illinois Board Law Examiners, 1923-1926. Chairman National Navy Price Adjustment Board, 1944.
Alternate United States Delaware, Tenth Assembly United Nations, 1955.
Served in Military Government, Germany, 1945. Chairman board of trustees, University of Chicago, 1949-1953. Member board overseers, Harvard College, 1948-1954.
Member, past chairman National Merit Scholarship Corporation.
Member United States Advisory Committee on Ednl. Exchange, 1955-1960.
Clubs: University, Chicago, Attic, Cliff Dwellers.
Married Nathalie Fairbank, November 11, 1909. Children: Helen de Freitas, Frances Osgood, Margaret Cameron, Nathalie Brown.