Retired attorney and former chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, Miles Kirkpatrick died May 2, 1998, at his Strafford, Pa., home. Originally with '39, he prepared at Solesbury School and majored in philosophy. Miles took his law training at the U. of Pennsylvania following WWII service with the Air Corps. He joined the Philadelphia firm Morgan, Lewis and Bockius, where he became partner in 1955. In 1968 he headed the American Bar Assn.'s antitrust section.
In 1970 President Nixon appointed Miles as Federal Trade Commission chairman. During his tenure the FTC underwent major reshaping and prodded manufacturers to back up their claims of safety performance and therapeutic value. It took on Coca Cola and DuPont for falsely proclaiming their product performance. After three years Miles returned to his law firm to become chairman of its antitrust and trade regulation section. He retired in 1985. He was active in community affairs and was a member of the board of Solesbury School. Classmate Marsh Palmer was an usher in Miles's wedding to Anne Sharth and attended his memorial service, both in the same church in Radnor, Pa.
Surviving are his wife, a son, two daughters, and eight grandchildren, to whom the class sends its condolences and shares their grief in the loss of this prominent lawyer, citizen, and community leader.
The Class of 1940