Background
Walrath, Laurence Kaye was born on August 16, 1909 in Meadville, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Frank M. and Ina (Kaye) Walrath.
Walrath, Laurence Kaye was born on August 16, 1909 in Meadville, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Frank M. and Ina (Kaye) Walrath.
Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Florida, 1931, Juris Doctor, 1934.
Admitted to Florida bar, 1934. Associate Albion West. Knight, Jacksonville, 1934-1939, associate Knight & Knight, 1939-1941, partner, 1941-1945, Knight, Knight, Walrath & Pegues, 1946-1953, Knight, Walrath, Kincaid & Young, 1953-1956. Commissioner Interstate Commerce Commission, 1956-1972, chairman commission, 1963, commission division 2, rates and practices, 1968-1972.
Special consultant on commercial law.
Director Legal Aid Association, 1948-1949. Legal adviser North. Florida council Boy Scouts American, Jacksonville Lifesaving and Rescue Corps., 1949.
Disaster chairman, chapter chairman American Red Cross, 1946-1949, delegate national convention, 1948, national American Red Cross nominating committee, 1949. Chairman United States delegate Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East Study Group, Tokyo, Japan, 1963.
Member United States delegate Economics Conference European Nations, Geneva, 1968.
Served from Lieutenant (junior grade) to Lieutenant commander of The United States Navy Reserve, 1942-1945. Member Florida (governor 4th judicial circuit 1948-1949), Jacksonville (president 1948) bar associations, American Legion, Chamber of Commerce, Phi Delta Phi, Phi Kappa Phi, Pi Kappa Phi. Mason, Elk.; Club: Silver Lake Golf and Country (Leesburg, Florida).
Married second, Mildred Hoff, October 28, 1950. Children: Jean Camille (Mistress East.K. Goethe), Shelby Ann (Mistress Joseph F. Shad, Junior.