Lester Gale Lindley

Background

Lindley, Lester Gale was born on March 16, 1937 in Bloomington, Illinois, United States. Son of Austin Raitt and Rosabella (Ford) Lindley.

Education

Bachelor, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, 1964. Master of Arts, University Illinois, 1966. Doctor of Philosophy, Rice University, 1971.

Juris Doctor, DePaul University, Chicago, 1985.

Career

Assistant professor, Union College, Barborville, Kentucky, 1970-1975; visiting assistant professor, U. Notre Dame, Indiana, 1975-1976; associate professor, Kendall College, Evanston, Illinois, 1976-1989; associate professor, Nova Southeastern U., Fort Lauderdale, Florida, since 1989. Part-time lawyer Chicago area law firms, 1986-1988.

Achievements

• Lester Gale Lindley has been listed as a noteworthy legal and constitutional historian by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • The Constitution faces technology : the relationship of the National Government to the telegraph, 1866-1884
  • The Constitution faces technology: The relationship of the National Government to the telegraph, 1866-1884 (Dissertations in American economic history)

Membership

Member American Bar Association, Organization American Historians, American Society Legal History, Illinois Bar Association.

Interests

• Country music, older tube radios.

Connections

Married Letty Ellen Adamson, August 4, 1963. Children: Austin Harold, Philip Richard.

Father:

Austin Raitt Lindley

Mother:

Rosabella (Ford) Lindley

Spouse:

Letty Ellen Adamson

child:

Philip Richard Lindley

child:

Austin Harold Lindley