George  W.  Radford  attended  the  district  schools  and  after  a  thorough
preparatory  course  entered  Olivet  College,  from  which  he  was  gradu-
ated in  1874  with  the  degrees  of  B.  S.  and  B.  A.,  and  in  1877  had  con-
f erred  upon  him  by  that  institution  the  degree  of  M.  A.  He  attended
the  law  school  of  the  University  of  Michigan  during  the  winter  of
1874-75,  and  completed  his  legal  studies  in  the  offices  of  Walker  &  Kent
at  Detroit.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  by  the  Supreme  Court  of  Mich-
igan in  1876,  and  immediately  began  the  practice  of  his  profession  at
Detroit,  in  which  city  he  has  since  remained.
Mr.  Radford  is  a  member  of  the  American,  Michigan  wState  and  Local
Bar  Associations,  and  has  won  for  himself  an  enviable  legal  standing.
