Background
Burton, William Smith was born on October 10, 1915 in Salt Lake City. Son of Harold Hitz and Selma Florence (Smith) Burton.
Burton, William Smith was born on October 10, 1915 in Salt Lake City. Son of Harold Hitz and Selma Florence (Smith) Burton.
Bachelor of Science, Bowdoin College, 1937. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard University, 1940.
Associate Garfield Baldwin Jamison Hope & Ulrich, Cleveland, 1940-1951. Associate, then partner Arter & Hadden, since 1951.
Member Ohio House of Representatives, 1951-1954. President Shaker Heights Board Education, Ohio, 1956-1963. President, executive committee Nationalities Services Center, Cleveland, since 1972.
President, trustee 1st Unitarian Church, Shaker Heights, 1972-1975. Board overseers Bowdoin College, since 1971. Served to lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1946, PTO.
Fellow American Bar Foundation. Member American Bar Association (chairman standing committee 1954-1958, 63-64), Aeronautical Law Association Clubs: Cleveland Skating, Cleveland City (president 1958).
Married Nancy Lea Conners, September 9, 1939 (divorced July 1965). Children– Susan Smith Burton Shapiro, Betsey Lea Burton Wick. Married Anne Robbins Hillman, December 18, 1965.