Earl Wilson Kintner (November 6, 1912 – December 28, 1991) was the chair of the Federal Trade Commission from June 11, 1959, to March 20, 1961.
[1][2][3] Born in Corydon, Indiana, and raised in Princeton, Indiana, Kintner "worked in the farm fields as a boy to help support his family", while attending Princeton High School until his graduation in 1932.
[2] He held various government offices before becoming a trial attorney for the Federal Trade Commission in Washington, D.C. in 1948.
[3] After leaving the FTC, Kintner became a partner in the Washington, D.C. law firm of Arent Fox Kintner Plotkin & Kahn, retiring from active practice in 1990 but remaining of counsel until his death the following year.
[2] Kintner died from congestive heart failure at Sibley Memorial Hospital, at the age of 79.