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Gardiner Lathrop was born at Waukesha, Wisconsin,
February 16, 1850. His father, John W. Lathrop, was the first
president of the State University of
Missouri, and first chancellor of
the State University of Wisconsin. Mr. Lathrop is one of the
most widely known lawyers in the State. His boyhood was spent at
Madison, Wis. He is a graduate of Yale, '69; the Missouri State
University, '67; and received a law degree at Harvard in '73.
Mr. Lathrop opened his office in Kansas City
September 1, 1873, his various firms having been Lathrop & Smith
Lathrop, Smith & Morrow; Lathrop, Morrow & Fox; Lathrop,
Morrow, Fox & Moore.
He was president of the Bar Association in
1895, is president of the Yale Alumni Association of the Southwest, a
member of the Commercial Club and Board of Education, and is
vice-president of the Board of Curators of the Missouri State
University.
Mr. Lathrop was married to Miss Eva Grant, of
Kansas City, January 16, 1879. They have five children. He
has been solicitor for the A., T & S. F. Railroad for Missouri and
Iowa for many years. His firm is counsel for the Kansas City
Southern also. Mr. Lathrop also represents the Pullman and
Wells-Fargo companies.
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