Admitted
1948, North Carolina; 1960, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
University of North Carolina School of Law, J.D., 1948
Law School Graduation Year
1948
College
University of North Carolina, B.A., 1942
Memberships
Wake County (Chairman, Executive Committee, 1954-1955), North Carolina, American and International Bar Associations; North Carolina State Bar; American Judicature Society; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference (Permanent Member).
Biographical
Phi Delta Phi. Member, Board of Editors, North Carolina Law Review, 1946-1948. Author: Unfair Competition-Secondary Meaning of Trade Names in Cases of Dissimilar Products, 26 North Carolina Law Review 424, 1948; North Carolina's Archaic Coroner System, 26 North Carolina Law Review 96, 1947. Contributing Editor for North Carolina, The Construction Lien and Claim Manual, 1969-1975. Member of Staff, Attorney-General of North Carolina, 1948-1951. State Senate, 1959-1964. Vice-Chairman, North Carolina Reapportionment Commission, 1956. Member, Board of Trustees, Chowan College, 1959-1968 and University of North Carolina, 1969-1972. Member, 1972— and Chairman, 1980-1984, Board of Governors, University of North Carolina. Trustee, The Ravenscroft Foundation, 1971—. Chairman, North Carolina Commission on Medical Aid for the Aged, 1962-1964 and North Carolina State Board of Social Services, 1969-1973. President, Friends of the North Carolina Archives, Inc., 1984—. Member, Board of Directors, Friends of Hope Foundation, 1983—. Member, Board of Directors, North Carolina Museum Associates, 1983—. President, North Carolina Council on Economic Education, 1984—. Member, North Carolina Board of Higher Education, 1963-1965. Recipient: Distinguished Service Award, North Carolina Public Health Association, 1964; Distinguished Alumnus Award, Chowan College, 1983. Member, North Carolina Commission for the Study of the Uniform Consumer Credit Code, 1969-1971. Vice-Chairman, North Carolina Commission for International Cooperation, 1971—.