SWIFT, RUSSELL F: Attorney; b Harlan, Iowa Jan 20, 1893; s of C F Swift-Tina E Koolbeck; ed Harlan HS; U of N, Lincoln, LLB 1915; Beta Theta Pi; m Aasta Boysen Nov 29, 1922 Harlan; s Freeman, Russell; d Nancy; 1915-17 clk of dist court, Shelby Co; 1917- prac law, Harlan; 1924-28 Shelby Co atty; 1934-40 mbr Shelby Co Insane Commission; 1940- city atty, Harlan; during World War ROTC Fort Snelling 1917, commd Res Mil Aviators 1918, 2nd lt, Eberts Field Lanoke Ark, disch Mar 1919; Amer Legion, 1920 adjt, 1930 comm, Harlan; Comm Club; Harlan Field Club; Kiwanis; AF&AM; RAM 107; R&SM 4; York Rite 49; KT; St Paul’s Episc Ch; Dem, 1920-36 secy Dem Co Central Com, 1928 del Dem natl Conv, Houston Tex; hobby: fishing; off Swift Bldg; res 1218 College Blvd, Harlan.
From Who's Who in Iowa, by Iowa Press Association, Des Moines: Iowa Press Association, 1940, pg. 1118. Transcribed by Denise Wurner, March, 2013.
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