Admitted
1958, North Carolina
Law School
Washburn University of Topeka and University of North Carolina, J.D., with honors, 1958
Law School Graduation Year
1958
College
Rutgers University and University of North Carolina, B.S.B.A., 1955
Memberships
Wake County and North Carolina Bar Associations; North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers; Commercial Law League of America
Biographical
Phi Alpha Delta. Member, Board of Editors, North Carolina Law Review, 1957-1958. Research Assistant, Institute of Government, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1958-1959. Member, 1971-1976, House Minority Leader, 1975-1976, North Carolina House of Representatives. Member, Board of Governors, University of North Carolina, 1977-1985. President, Lawyers of North Carolina, Inc., 1984-1987. Chairman: Governor's Highway Safety Commission, 1985-1986; Governor's Crime Commission, 1986—. North Carolina Senate Minority Leader, 1987—, North Carolina Senate. Fellow, Commercial Law Foundation.
Military
Colonel, U.S. Air Force Reserve, active duty, 1959-1962; Reserve, 1962—