Alexander Johnston Barron

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Alexander Johnston Barron (also Alexander J. Barron , born July 16, 1880 in Connellsville , Pennsylvania , † July 23, 1982 in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania) was an American lawyer .

Life

Family and education

Alexander Johnston Barron, son of John Barron and Margaret Clark Johnston Barron, graduated from Lawrenceville Preparatory School in Lawrenceville , New Jersey in 1898 . He then studied at Princeton University in Princeton , New Jersey. Alexander Johnston Barron, who had been taught there by US Presidents Grover Cleveland and Woodrow Wilson , among others , received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1902 . He studied from 1903 to 1904 at Harvard Law School , in 1905 he was at theUniversity of Pittsburgh for Doctor of Jurisprudence PhD .

Alexander Johnston Barron married Elizabeth Congdon on September 26, 1907. He died at Shadyside Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1982 at the age of 102.

Professional background

Alexander Johnston Barron, who was admitted to the bar in Pennsylvania in 1905, then practiced as one of the star attorneys in Pittsburgh, most recently as Of Counsel for the law firm Alter, Wright & Barron until shortly before his death . Barron, elected to the bar of the Supreme Court of the United States in 1909 , also served as Secretary and Director of Leechburg Mining Company and Leechburg Supply Company, President of Osbourne Borough Council, and Trustee , Director and President of the Sewickley Young Men's Christian Association .

Alexander Johnston Barron served from 1918 to 1919 on behalf of the Young Men's Christian Association for the American Expeditionary Forces in France as Secretary in the Savoie Leave Area (front leave in the hinterland), as Business Manager in the Britany and Dauphine Leave Areas and as Division Secretary in the Riviera Leave area.

The supporters of the Republican Alexander Johnston Barron served as Elder for Sewickley Presbyterian Church . Barron was a member of the American Law Institute , the American Bar Association , the Pennsylvania Bar Association, the Allegheny County Bar Association, the Harvard Law School Association, the Law Club, Duquesne Club, Allegheny Country Club, and the Cap and Gown Club.

literature

  • Who's Who in America: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Men and Women. : Volume 28 (1954-1955), Marquis Who's Who, Chicago, Ill., 1955, p. 150.
  • Who Was Who in America. : Volume VII, 1977–1981 with world notables . Marquis Who's Who, Chicago, Ill., 1981, p. 33.
  • Alexander J. Barron, a 102-year-old lawyer who was admitted to the bar in 1905 and remained active with a Downtown law firm until becoming ill this past spring, died Friday in Shadyside Hospital. in: The Pittsburgh Press, Sunday, July 25, 1982. Pittsburgh Press Co., Pittsburgh, Pa., 1982, p. 15.
  • Alexander J. Barron, a 102-year-old lawyer who was active in an advisory capacity until becoming ill last spring, died Friday in Shadyside Hospital. in: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Monday, July 26, 1982. W. Block and P. Block, Jr., Pittsburgh, Pa., 1982, p. 16.
  • Charles Warren: History of the Harvard Law School and of Early Legal Conditions in America. The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., Union, New Jersey, 1999, p. 319.

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personal data
SURNAME Barron, Alexander Johnston
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Barron, Alexander J.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH July 16, 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH Connellsville , Pennsylvania
DATE OF DEATH July 23, 1982
Place of death Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania