Background
Hart, Luke Edward was born on July 31, 1880 in Maloy, Iowa, United States. Son of Michael N. and Margaret E. (Shay) Hart.
Supreme Knight Supreme advocate
Hart, Luke Edward was born on July 31, 1880 in Maloy, Iowa, United States. Son of Michael N. and Margaret E. (Shay) Hart.
Educated Drake U. and University of Missouri. Bachelor of Laws, University Missouri, 1905. Doctor of Laws, Saint Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scoti, 1957, Catholic University American, 1957, Saint Louis University, 1958, Stone Hill College, 1960.
Doctor of Humanities (honorary), Providence College, 1962, DePaul University.
Hart was the Supreme advocate of the Knights of Columbus in 1928 and was a delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri in 1940. By the end of the 1950s Supreme Knight Hart was actively encouraging councils to accept black candidates. lieutenant was during Hart"s tenure in 1954 that the Knights petitioned to get "under God" inserted into the Pledge of Allegiance.
Hart is buried in the crypt of the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis.
Member of board of aldermen, Saint Louis, 1915-1923. Member organization National Catholic War Council, 1917. Member Catholic Orphans Board Saint Louis, 1918-1946.
Member of Executive Committee National Fraternal Congress American, 1948-1952, president, 1951-1952.
Member American, Missouri bar associations, Saint Louis Lawyers Association (president 1938-1939), Phi Delta Phi. Club: Bellerive Country.
Married Catherine J. O’Connor, June 28, 1905 (deceased). Children: Marie (Mistress James East. Wesseling) (deceased), Luke Edward, Catherine J. (Mistress Jerome A. Switzer, deceased), Paul Joseph (deceased), Ruth Elizabeth (deceased), John T. Began practice law, Saint