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A Narrative History
of
The People of Iowa
with
SPECIAL TREATMENT OF THEIR CHIEF ENTERPRISES IN
EDUCATION, RELIGION, VALOR, INDUSTRY,
BUSINESS, ETC.
by
EDGAR RUBEY HARLAN, LL. B., A. M.
Curator of the
Historical, Memorial and Art Department of Iowa
Volume IV
THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Inc.
Chicago and New York
1931
TALBERT M. DICK. An exceptionally able lawyer practicing at the bar of Des
Moines, Talbert M. Dick has devoted his energies and talents to that domain
of the law connected with patent office practice and procedure, and has become
one of the best known authorities on patent laws in Iowa and surrounding
states. He has been legal counsel on one side or the other in some of the most
important cases brought before the courts during the past few years, in which
he has proved his knowledge of this subject and handled his facts with
masterly effect. No doubt one of his best clients is the State of Iowa, as he
handles the various patents, patent applications and matters pertaining thereto
in which the State of Iowa is interested.
Talbert M. Dick was born at Medford, Oklahoma, November 13, 1899, a son of
Adelbert E. and Phoebe Elizabeth (Graves) Dick, natives of Missouri and
Illinois, respectively, now residents of Oklahoma, in which state his father is
prominent. The parents have two children, Mr. Dick of this review and Elvyn
Dick, a realtor of Chicago, Illinois. Politically the family are Republicans
and can trace their ancestors back to the days of the American Revolution. The
paternal grandfather, Granville Dick, a native of Ohio, was for many years
engaged in business as a merchant. The maternal grandfather, Rev. Samuel B.
Graves, spent his life time in the interest of the church.
Talbert Dick attended local schools in Oklahoma and graduated from high
school in Texas in the year of 1916. In 1916-17 he completed a course in a
business college at Arkansas City, Kansas. While in high school he was active in
athletics and was chosen all state in basketball. As his father's ranch was
on the Texas border, he experienced a colorful life during the border trouble
from 1914 to 1916. In spite of his youth he volunteered for services in the
World war in May, 1917, was in the aviation branch and was honorably
discharged in 1919, after having served nearly two years in France. He was with
the first United States air service to reach England and with the first United
States air service to set foot on French soil. He completed a complete
airdynamic training under the French Government, Second Groupe De Escadrille, and his United States communication reads as follows: "It is largely due to such as he that our pilots gained and held the supremacy of the air."
Following his army service he entered the Chattanooga College of Law,
Chattanooga, Tennessee, and was graduated therefrom in 1921 with the Degree of Bachelor of Laws. He was the first to pass the state bar from this school with only one year of law study. In 1921 and 1922 he was at Harvard University,
Cambridge, Massachusetts, specializing in various branches of the law and in public speaking. In 1922 he wrote two books and one volume of verse, proving his versatility. In 1923 he was a post-graduate student at the National
University, Washington, District of Columbia, where he received two degrees in one year, namely: Master of Laws and Master of Patent Laws.
He is a member of the American Legion, the Veterans of Foreign Wars,
Military Order of the Cootie, Roosevelt Club, University Club, The Harvard Club,
Grant Club, Sigma Delta Kappa, National Rifle Association, National Aeronautical
Association, and is a Shriner and thirty-second degree Mason. He is a past
state commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, a past commander of the M. O. C. and reserve officer U. S. air service.
Talbert M. Dick began the practice of patent law in Chicago in 1924, and
directly thereafter came to Des Moines, Iowa, where he is now engaged in
practice as a registered patent counselor, as already noted.
http://www.iagenweb.org/history/index.htm
*Check your facts, don't know how accurate the bio's are.
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