Admitted
1943, Mississippi
Law School
University of Mississippi, J.D., 1943
Law School Graduation Year
1943
College
University of Southern Mississippi
Memberships
South Central Mississippi Bar Association; The Mississippi Bar; Mississippi Women Lawyers Association; South Central Mississippi Women Lawyers Association (President, 1986)
Biographical
Member, University of Mississippi Lamar Order. President, University of Mississippi Law School Student Body, 1943. Recipient: Lifetime Distinguished Service Award, The Mississippi Bar, 1994; Distinguished Service Award, Women's Political Network, 1994; Margaret Brent Woman Lawyers of Achievement Award, American Bar Association , 1997; Lifetime Achievement Award, Mississippi Association of Women Lawyers, 1998; Lindy Boggs Award, Southern Women in Public Service, 1998. Holder, Whitten Chair of Law and Government, University of Mississippi School of Law, 1994. Editor, Mississippi Law Journal, 1943. Member, Mississippi State Legislature, 1948-1952. Assistant Attorney General, 1959. Treasurer, State of Mississippi, 1960-1964; 1968-1972. Commissioner of Insurance, State of Mississippi, 1972-1976. Lieutenant Governor, State of Mississippi, 1976-1980. Commissioner of Public Welfare, 1964-1967. Member: Mississippi Board of Economic Development, 1976-1980; Mississippi Commission of Budget and Accounting, 1976-1980; Salvation Army National Advisory Council, 1976-1980; Board of Visitors, U.S. Naval Academy, 1977-1980. Fellow, The Mississippi Bar Foundation.