William Blackburn Barton

Background

Barton, William Blackburn was born on August 4, 1899 in Pratt, Kansas, United States. Son of William Burnston and Frances (Blackburn) Barton.

Education

AB, Northwestern University, 1921. AM, Columbia University, 1924. Master of Laws, Columbia University, 1938.

Juris Doctor, Yale University, 1927.

Career

Teacher public speaking, Danville (Illinois) H.S., 1920-1923; teacher public speaking, Danville (Illinois) H.S., Maywood, Illinois, 1924-1926; practiced law in, California, 1928-1937; instructor public speaking, University of California at Los Angeles, 1927-1929; instructor business law, Los Angeles City College, 1932-1937; attorney, trial examiner, National Labor Relations Board, 1938-1944; in charge employer-employee relations, Chamber of Commerce United States, 1944-1964; manager labor relations department, Chamber of Commerce United States, 1951-1953; manager labor relations and legal department, general counsel, Chamber of Commerce United States, 1953-1964; editor, Labor Relations Letter, 1945-1953; lecturer labor relations, Chamber of Commerce institutions Northwestern University, 1954; lecturer labor relations, Michigan State, Houston universities, 1958; private practice, Washington, 1964-1994; retired, 1994. Delaware President's Industrial Safety Conference, 1949. Representative President's Conference, Minnesota andOre. governments' Industrial Safety Confs., 1950.

Member United States employer delegation International Labor Conference, 1947-1953. Faculty Silver Bay Conference Human Relations in Industry, 1956. Member department labor management advising committee Labor-Mgmt.Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959.

Member President's Committee for Department Labor 50th Anniversary Year, Regional Law Committee for District of Columbia, 1966-1968.

Achievements

• Bar: California 1928, District of Columbia 1945.

Politics

There is a large range of issues where Church should interact with politics in such areas as poverty and inequality, environmental issues, nuclear and chemical weapons and the harm caused by use of drugs and drinking.

Views

Responsibility for parenting is to encourage social, economic, and religious efforts to maintain and strengthen relationships within families in order that every member may be assisted toward complete personhood.

Membership

Trustee emeritus Sibley Memorial Hospital. Member American Bar Association (regional labor law committee District of Columbia), National Safety Council (chairman Marcus A. Dow Memorial award committee 1955-1964), Cleveland Park Club (president 1955-1956), Yale Club, Cosmos Club (board management 1969-1972), Masons, Lions, Delta sigma Rho, Delta Theta Phi.

Connections

Married Marian Ruth Humphreys, September 25, 1926 (deceased May 12, 1971). Children— Sara Ellen, William Blackburn. Married Dorothy Rindge, December 22, 1972.

Father:

William Burnston Barton

Mother:

Frances (Blackburn) Barton

Spouse:

Dorothy Rindge

Spouse:

Marian Ruth Humphreys

child:

William Blackburn Barton

child:

Sara Ellen Barton