De Laittre, John

John De Laittre was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on September 7, 1907. He was the son of Karl (1874-1957) and Rosamond (Little) De Laittre, and a grandson of lumberman John De Laittre (1832-1912). The elder De Laittre was a partner in the Bovey-De Laittre Lumber Company, and a trustee and president of Farmers & Mechanics Savings Bank (Minneapolis). Karl De Laittre was a lumberman, state legislator, and president of the Minneapolis City Council.

De Laittre attended Blake School (Minneapolis) until 1923, and graduated from Milton Academy (Milton, Mass.) in 1925. He earned a bachelor's degree (1929) and a law degree (1933) from Harvard University, and worked as an attorney with the Minneapolis law firm of Kingham, Cross, Morley, Cant & Taylor (1933-1940).

...