Background
Hyde, Laurance Mastick was born on February 2, 1892 in Princeton, Missouri, United States. Son of Ira Barnes and Eliza Tomlinson (Mastick) Hyde.
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Laurance Mastick Hyde
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Bachelor of Arts Missouri, 1914. Bachelor of Laws, University Missouri, 1916. Doctor of Laws, University Missouri, 1948.
Career
City attorney, Princeton, Missouri, 1916-1917; member, Hyde, Hyde & Fuller, Princeton, 1916-1931; president, Farmers State Bank, Princeton, 1922-1931; member of commission of appeals, Supreme Court of the Missouri, 1931, 35, 39; appt'd judge, Supreme Court of the Missouri, December 30, 1942; elected judge, Supreme Court of the Missouri, 1945-1955, 55-67; chief justice, Supreme Court of the Missouri, 1949-1951, 60-62.
Achievements
Membership
Chairman Conference Chief Justices, 1949-1950. Second lieutenant, Headquarters Company, 338th Infantry, 85th Division, Camp Custer, Michigan. Judge advocate, Special Training Camp, Indpls, 1917-1918.
Fellow Institute Judicial Administration (president 1958-1959). Member American (council criminal law section 1954-1967), Missouri bar associations Scribes (president 1966-1967), American Judicature Society (chairman board 1951-1955), American Law Institute (council 1948), Alumni Association University Missouri (president 1942-1944), National Conference of Judicial Councils (chairman 1942-1943), S.R., Masons (32 degree), Jefferson City Country Club, Rotary, Kansas City (Missouri) Club, Order of Coif, Phi Beta Kappa, Pi Kappa Alpha, Phi Delta Phi.
Connections
Married Florence Fuller, June 15, 1922. Children: Florence Hyde Frazier, Laurance Mastick.
Education
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1914
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1916
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1948