Admitted
1953, New York; 1956, North Carolina; 1958, U.S. District Court, Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of North Carolina; 1974, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Law School
St. John's University, LL.B., 1953; St. John's University, J.D., 1968
Law School Graduation Year
1968
College
The Pennsylvania State College and Duke University, B.S.E.E., with honors, 1948
Memberships
Durham County, North Carolina (Member and Chairman, Patent, Trademark and Copyright Committee, 1966-1968) Bar Associations; Fourteenth Judicial District and The North Carolina State Bars; Carolina Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law Association (Member, Board of Managers, 1980-1982, 1987-1990. Member, Fourteenth Judicial District Grievance Committee, 1993-1995; North Carolina Bar Association Continuing Legal Education, Long Range Planning and Publication Committees, 1994-1998; Program chairman and Newsletter Editor, Senior Lawyers Division, 1990-1998; Member and Legal Subcommittee Co-Chair, North Carolina Biotechnology Center Advisory Council, 1995).
Biographical
Tau Beta Pi; Pi Mu Epsilon; Omicron Delta Kappa; Sigma Xi. Recipient: Duke University Distinguished Engineering Alumnus Award, 1970 and Trustee Recognition, 1983; Governor's Volunteer Award, 1980. Author: Acquiring and Establishing Proprietary Rights, North Carolina Bar Association Institute, 1960; Transportation Policy and Energy Considerations, Energy Technologies and Policies for North Carolina, 1978; Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights For The Entrepreneur, Duke University Conference on Entrepreneurship, 1986. Adjunct Professor in Engineering and Patent Law, Duke University, 1957-1972; Chairman, Duke University Alumni Committee on Publications, 1963-1964. President, Duke Engineering Alumni Association, 1964-1965. Member, North Carolina Academy of Science, 1977-1982. Board Member, Council For Entrepreneurial Development, 1985-1987. Secretary/Director, Member Executive Committee, Triangle Land Conservancy, 1983-1988 and 1990-1994. Board Member and Member, Development Committee, Durham Historic Preservation Society, 1993-1998.