Background
Barnes, Wendell Burton was born on August 23, 1909 in Ponca City, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Louis Seymour and Mary Elizabeth (Davis) Barnes.
Barnes, Wendell Burton was born on August 23, 1909 in Ponca City, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Louis Seymour and Mary Elizabeth (Davis) Barnes.
Graduate Culver (Indiana) Military Academy, 1928. Bachelor of Philosophy, Brown University, 1932. Bachelor of Laws, University Michigan, 1935.
Admitted to Oklahoma bar, 1935. Assistant attorney, Oklahoma Tax Commission, Oklahoma City, 1935-1939. General counsel for Tulsa plant Douglas Aircraft Company, 1941-1946.
Private practice, 1946-1953.
General counsel Small Business Administration, Washington, 1953-1954, administrator, 1954-1959. Senior associate Shearson, Hammill & Company, 1959-1961, partner, 1961-1962.
With New York Hanseatic Corporation, New York City, 1962-1985. Member board of directors Servo Corporation American.
Member President Cabinet Committee Small Business, 1956-1959. Member board directors Virgin Island Corporation, 1958-1959. Member Oklahoma House Representatives, 1950-1952.
Trustee Brown U.
Member American, Federal (national treasurer, national council), New York bar associations, Izaak Walton League (president Oklahoma, 1945), Sons of the American Revolution, Society Cincinnati, Psi Upsilon, Phi Delta Phi.
Married Lucile Wright, June 15, 1936. Children: Wendell Burton, Nancy Louise, Shirley Lynne, William Graham Wright.
