Edward Eagle Brown was an

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attorney and businessman.

Biography

Brown was born in Chicago, Illinois, to noted Chicago lawyer and Judge Edward Osgood Brown (5 August 1847, Salem Massachusetts – 8 December 1923) and Helen Gertrude Eagle (married 1884). Edward was the oldest of five children. He studied Law at

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, graduating from the Law School in 1908. Brown married Phyllis Wyatt, a newspaper columnist in 1913. Brown died of a coronary thrombosis in 1959.

Career

Brown was admitted to the Illinois bar in 1908. He joined the legal department of the First National Bank in 1910, became president of the bank in 1934, and was named chairman of the board in 1945. He served on many city boards and committees including the park district, the Association of Commerce, and was a trustee of the

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.''Inventory of the Edward Eagle Brown Family Papers, 1749–1955, bulk 1810–1900'', The Newberry Library, Chicago
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References

External links

Edward Eagle Brown Papers
at the Newberry Library {{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, Edward Eagle 1885 births 1959 deaths Lawyers from Chicago Harvard Law School alumni 20th-century American lawyers