Background
Knouff, Lorentz Bennett was born on January 29, 1907 in Zanesville, Ohio, United States. Son of Washington Irving and Annie Laurie (Bennett) Knouff.
Knouff, Lorentz Bennett was born on January 29, 1907 in Zanesville, Ohio, United States. Son of Washington Irving and Annie Laurie (Bennett) Knouff.
AB, Otterbein College, 1929. Juris Doctor, Ohio State University, 1932. Master of Laws, Columbia University, 1933.
Partner Dixon, Tod Hunter, Knouff & Holmes, 1934—1968, Knouff, Ley, Kovitz & Smoller, 1968—1985. Traffic commissioner, Highland Park, Illinois, 1948—1950. Chairman plan commission Village Barrington Hills, Illinois, 1960—1962, chairman zoning board appeals, 1963—1974.
Chairman legal committee Barrington Area Council Governments, 1975—1978.
Member of Order of Coif, Chicago Club.
Married Mary Elizabeth Riley, September 12, 1940 (deceased 1984).