Edward Burnham Burling (February 1, 1870 – September 3, 1966) was a prominent American lawyer and the named partner of the

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–based law firm of

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He grew up in

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, and worked in a grocery store at age eleven, and went on to

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and then to

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. After graduation, he returned to the Midwest to practice in

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for almost 25 years. Later he came to Washington as

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for the

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where he was introduced to Harry Covington. They established the law firm on January 1, 1919. In the 1940s, Burling was one of the core group brought together by

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and

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to establish the

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. Mr. Burling served on the School's Advisory Council until his death in 1966. The Chair of International Law and Organizations is named after him since 1972.

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