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L.H. Eldredge Who’s Who in the World 1978-1979 Mrs. L.H. Eldredge Who’s Who of American Women 3rd Edition 1964-65

LAURENCE HOWARD ELDREDGE, lawyer, educator, author Born in Cold Spring, N.J. March 18, 1902; son of Irvin H. and Mary Louise (Benton) Eldredge. Married Helen Biddle Gans, Sept. 30, 1926; children- Mary Harriet, Deborah (Mrs. duPont), Helen Louise (Mrs. James W. Bradley) Died July 17, 1982, San Francisco, California, USA Education: Bachelor of Science, Lafayette College, 1924; Doctor of Letters, 1970 Bachelor of Laws, University of Pennsylvania, 1927 Professional Career: Reporter, Public Ledger, Philadelphia. 1924-25 Writer, syndicated news articles, 1925-27 Admitted to Pennsylvania Bar, 1927; California Bar, 1972 Associate with Montgomery & McCracken (formerly Roberts & Montgomery), 1927-38 Member of firm Norris, Lex, Hart & Eldredge, 1944-56 Professor of Law, Temple University, 1928-33, Adjunct Professor, 1947-52 Associate in Law, University of Pennsylvania, 1933-34, 1937-38; Professor of Law 1938-44 Lecturer, Medical Jurisprudence, Graduate School of Medicine, 1958-59; Medical School, 1940-68 Visiting Professor of Law, Columbia, spring 1941, summer 1946 Visiting Professor, Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco, 1970-71, Professor of law, 1971 Past Chairman of the Board, Pennsylvania Alcoholic Beverage Study, Inc. Past President, Better Business Bureau of Philadelphia, Inc. (Director 1940-71); President, Philadelphia Art Alliance, 1949-66. Served from Lieutenant to Commander, United States Coast Guard Reserve, Superintendent of Coast Guard Volunteer Port Security Force Training School, Philadelphia, PA, World War II. Former Chairman of the Board, Mrs. John S. Sheppard Foundation Secretary-Treasurer, Magee Memorial Hospital, 1953-59; Trustee, 1946-59 President, Episcopal Hospital, 1946-53 Museum Council, Philadelphia, 1958-59 Board of Directors Hospital Council, 1952-60 Recipient citation Lafayette College, 1960 Philadelphia Art Alliance Medal of Achievement, 1966 Fellow, Royal Society of the Arts, London Member American Law Institute (Life Member, Adviser on Torts and Evidence) Philadelphia Medico-Legal Institute (President) America, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia bar associations (Chairman, Board of Governors 1960-61), Society of Mayflower Descendants (Past Governor) Society of Colonial Wars Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Past Secretary) Colonial Society of Pennsylvania (Governor 1962-64) Lafayette College Alumni Association (President 1961-62) S.R. Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Beta Kappa Association (past director) Delta Upsilon (meritorious service award 1961), Pi Delta Epsilon, Delta Theta Phi, Order of Coif (President, University. Pa. chpt. 1959-61). Republican. Episcopalian. Mason. Clubs: Franklin Inn, Union League, Pennsylvania Lawyers of Philadelphia Bohemian, University (San Francisco). Author: Eldredge on Modern Tort Problems, 1941 Pennsylvania Annotations to Restatement, Torts, Vols. I and II, 1938,1938 Trials of a Philadelphia Lawyer, 1968 The Law of Defamation, 1978. Revising reporter, Restatement of the Law of Torts, 1946-	47. Reporter of decisions Supreme Court of Pennsylvania., 	1942-68. Editor: Pennsylvania Bar Assn. Quar., 1938-42. Author of articles and book reviews in law publications. From Who’s Who in the World 4th Edition 1978-1979, Marquis Who’s Who, Chicago.
 * Special Deputy Attorney General, Pennsylvania, 1948 – 49*

ELDREDGE, Mrs. Laurence Howard, club woman; b. Uniontown, Pa., June 10, 1903; d. David Gregg and Mary Harriet (Schroyer) Gans; student pvt. Schs., pvt. tutors; pvt. study piano with Katharine McNeal, Oliver Denton, Robert Schmidt; ensemble work with Michel Penka; m. Laurence Howard Eldredge, Sept. 30, 1926; children- Mrs. M. H. Benton, Mrs. D. E. du Pont, Mrs. James W. Bradley. Tchr. music, piano, 1923-25; piano concerts in Italy, also Paris, France, 1925. Pres., Women’s Civic Club of Phila., 1955-56; v.p. Elizabeth Price Martin League of Episcopal Hosp., Phila., 1957-58; bd. dirs., chmn. art alliance com. Phila. Art Alliance, 1955-; mem. lecture com. Nat. Soc. Colonial Dames Am., 1952-; vice regent Magna Charta Dames Am, 1959-; Lectr. to pub. schs. on colonial Phila. From Who’s Who of American Women 3rd Edition 1964-65, Marquis Who’s Who, Chicago.