Background
Townsend, Wayne Lasalle was born on December 7, 1896 in Cook, Nebraska, United States. Son of Adelbert and Anna (Cook) Townsend.
Townsend, Wayne Lasalle was born on December 7, 1896 in Cook, Nebraska, United States. Son of Adelbert and Anna (Cook) Townsend.
Bachelor, U. Nebraska, 1918; Bachelor of Laws, Yale University, 1928; Doctor of Juridical Science, Yale University, 1929.
1 daughter, Nancy (Mistress Marvin East. Pyle). Assistant cashier Minatare (Nebraska) Bank, 1920-1922. Cashier State Bank of Minatare, 1922-1926.
Instructor law, Yale School of Law, 1929-1931.
Visiting professor of law, Tulane University, 1931-1932. Professor of law, Western Reserve University, 1932-1945.
Associate with firm Thompson, Hine and Flory, Cleveland, 1943-1945. Dean school of law and professor of law, Washington University, 1945-1951.
Distinguished service professor of law, 1951-1965.
Legion Lex Distinguished visiting professor, University of Southern California, 1959-1960. Labor arbitrator, Cleveland and Saint Louis since 1944. Referee court of common pleas, Ohio, 1942.
Judge, Magistrate Court of Jefferson County, Missouri, 1963-1965.
Commissioner Saint Louis Court of Appeals, Saint Louis, 1965-1969.
Trustee, vice president board Cleveland Public Library., 1942-1945. Chairman McBride Lecture Foundation, Cleveland, 1938-1945. Trustee Great Lakes History Society, Cleveland.
Pres.St. Louis Artists Guild, 1957-1958, trustee, from 1958. Second lieutenant Field Artillery, United States of America, 1918. Fellow American Bar Foundation.
Member Nebraska Bar Association, Ohio Bar Association, Missouri Bar Association, International Society Clinical Laboratory Technologies (chairman accrediting commission), Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Alpha Delta, Alpha Theta Chi, Chi Phi, Sigma DeltaChi.
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Married Dorothy Pierce, June 7, 1922. 1 child, Nancy Pyle.