University of Wyoming
Paul LaRue was a notable antitrust lawyer from Somerville, Massachusetts. He received his bachelor's and J.D. degrees from the University of Wisconsin. He passed the Wisconsin and Illinois bars in 1949 and 1955, respectively. He also served in the Army from 1943-1945 and earned the Purple Heart. He was a member of the staff of the Office of the Attorney General for the State of Wisconsin from 1949-1950. He then moved to Washington, D.C. to be a trial attorney with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from 1951-1953, and attorney-adviser to the FTC commissioner in 1954. He moved again to Chicago in 1955 and joined the firm Chadwell, Keck, Kayser, & Ruggles in 1958. There, he was a public member of the Illinois Conflict of Interest Laws Commission from 1965-1967. Active professionally, LaRue authored numerous works on antitrust matters for various legal publications and held membership in a number of organizations, including Theta Delta Chi, Phi Delta Phi, Chicago's Mid-Day Club, and the University Club of Park Ridge, Illinois.
Collection contains files of correspondence, speeches, articles, briefs, reports, programs, newspaper clippings and printed materials related to LaRue's legal career and service on bar association committees.
There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.
The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.
There are no known other archival collections created by Paul H. LaRue at the date of processing.
This material was received from Paul H. LaRue from 1978 to 1985.
The collection was processed by Kathryn Brooks in August 2011.
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