STARR, Merritt [1856-1931] -- American lawyer and philanthropist

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He endowed the Comfort Starr award (now a prize) at Oberlin College, of which he was a trustee (1893-1924).

1882/01/11	Admitted to IL bar
1884-1914	Executive committee member, Civil Service Reform Association of Chicago
1885-1888	He digests Illinois Cases for the Northeastern Reporter
1888-1890	Board member, Chicago Law Institute; president 1896-1897
1893-1924	Trustee of Oberlin College
1894-1895	Winnetka, IL village attorney
1899-1907	Winnetka board of education member
1902/07	Endows Comfort Starr Award at Oberlin College
1910-1911	President of Chicago Literary Club
1921-1931	Trustee of National College of Education, Evanston, IL; board president 1926-1931
1923	Increases endowment of Comfort Starr Award
1937	Comfort Starr Award becomes a prize rather than a form of student aid

Annotated Statutes of the State of Illinois (collaboration with R.H. Curtis, 1885)

Index-Digest of the Wisconsin Reports (1883)

A Treatise on the Law of Waters (1883, chapters)

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