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John Honnold
John Otis Honnold Jr. (December 5, 1915 – January 21, 2011) was the William A. Schnader Professor of Commercial Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Biography Honnold was born in Kansas, Illinois, to John Otis and Louretta (Wright) Honnold, and lived in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, and Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Paris High School in Illinois. Honnold then earned a bachelor's degree in economics and government from the University of Illinois in 1936, and a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1939, where he was an editor of the ''Harvard Law Review''. He was awarded a Fulbright Senior Research Scholarship award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the Theberge Prize for Private International Law. Honnold worked at the Securities and Exchange Commission for five years. During World War II he worked as chief of the Court Review Branch in the Chief Counsel's Office of Price Administration. He began his career in private practice at a New York law firm, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kansas, Illinois
} Kansas is a village in Kansas Township, Edgar County, Illinois, Kansas Township, Edgar County, Illinois, Edgar County, Illinois. The population was 670 at the 2020 census. Geography Kansas is located in southwest Edgar County approximately 1.2 miles from the Edgar-Coles County, Illinois, Coles county line. The community is at the intersection of Illinois routes Illinois Route 16, 16 and Illinois Route 49, 49 approximately ten miles southwest of Paris, Illinois, Paris. According to the 2010 census, Kansas has a total area of , all land. History A post office called Kansas has been in operation since 1855. The town was named after the Kansas Territory. In or before 1972, students and their physical education teacher at the high school invented a game called Deckerball. This has been credited as being the possible origin of the very similar game Wallyball. Demographics As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census there were 670 people, 339 households, and 183 families residin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |