Background
Orr, Louis Thomas was born on November 30, 1871 in Kankakee, Illinois, United States. Son of James Nicholas and Emma Huntington (Ainsworth) Orr.
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Louis Thomas Orr, American lawyer, realtor. Member American and Illinois State bar associations, Chicago Real Estate Board (ex-vice-president and Chairman of the Board of Governors), National Association Real Estate Bds. (chairman property management division), Chamber of Commerce United States of America; Mason ( Knights Templar, Shriner).; Member Royal Arcanum, Royal League.
Education
Descendant on both paternal and maternal sides of ancestors who came to America before the Revolutionary War and participated therein. Educated Oberlin College, 1889-1892. Bachelor of Laws, University of Michigan, 1895.
Career
Admitted to Illinois bar, 1895. Member firm of H. G. Howard & Company, real estate, until firm incorporated as Howard & Orr Company in 1922, president same since 1924. Also intrested in other corpns.
Retained 1901, by Women's and Children’s Protective Association to investigate charges against management of the Eastern Illinois Hospital for Insane, at Kankakee, resulting in removal of 1 trustee and discharge of many employes.
Instrumental in starting movement to stop hazing in university of the United States, 1922, beginning at University of Michigan. Led in solving coal crises,” 1917, by appearing before Interstate Commerce Commission and Public Utilities communications of Illinois, in argument against the embargo of coal by railroads.
Successfully opposed laws detrimental to the growth of Chicago which were pending in Illinois legislature, 1922. Lecturer Young Men's Christian Association School of Commerce.
Achievements
Membership
Member American and Illinois State bar associations, Chicago Real Estate Board (ex-vice-president and Chairman of the Board of Governors), National Association Real Estate Bds. (chairman property management division), Chamber of Commerce United States of America. Mason ( Knights Templar, Shriner).
Member Royal Arcanum, Royal League.
Clubs: Hamilton, South Shore Country, Lake Shore Athletic, Collegiate, Midway Athletic, Dixmoor Golf, Hyde Park Men's, Michigan North Woods.
Connections
Married Arabella Ruth Armstrong, of Akron, O., October 15, 1902. Children: Louis Thomas, Willard T., Arabella Ruth, Mary Katherine.
