Porter, Robert Lee

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1924

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Robert Lee Porter, A.B., LL.B.

Lexington, Kentucky

ΣΒΞ; Track (1, 2, 3, 4), Mile and Two-Mile Record Holder; Cross-Country (1, 2, 3, 4), Captain (2, 3), Coach (4), Kentucky Champion (2, 3); Glee Club (1, 2, 3, 4), Vice-President (3); Soloist University Quartet; Student Speakers’ Bureau, Organizer and Secretary; Republican Club, Secretary-Treasurer (3), Vice-President (4); Debating Squad; Henry Clay Law Society.

“Wal’, he’s not much on speed, but he’s durn good on endurance,” said the farmer of his balky mule. “Ef he’s got as much education in his head as he’s got in his feet, he’s durn smart.” This applies to Bob. He will be a good lawyer when he gets his second wind.

-The Kentuckian, 1924
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Robert Lee Porter (February 19, 1900 - August 25, 1969*) was born in Kentucky to Ephraim Blaine Porter and Betty Monroe. Porter practiced law in Hazard for several years after graduation. He moved to Kansas City, Missouri in the late 1920s and worked in the legal department of the Sinclair Refining Company. Porter later moved to Atlanta, Georgia where he continued to work as a lawyer for Sinclair. He married Vivian Kemp in 1929.

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