Admitted
1941, Virginia; 1942, Tennessee
Law School
University of Virginia, J.D., 1942
Law School Graduation Year
1942
College
Rhodes College, B.A., 1939
Memberships
Memphis and Shelby County (President, 1959-1960), Tennessee (President, 1963-1964) and American (Member, House of Delegates, 1968—; President, 1978-1979) Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar; Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association; National Conference of Bar Presidents (President, 1972-1973); American Law Institute; American Judicature Society (Director, 1960); International Academy of Estate and Trust Law; Estate Planning Council of Memphis
Biographical
Awarded honorary LL.D.: Samford University, 1979; Suffolk University, 1982; Capital University, 1989; Rhodes College, 1993. Phi Beta Kappa; Raven Society; Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi; Order of the Coif. Virginia Section Editor, Virginia Law Review, 1941-1942. Law Clerk to Judge John D. Martin, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 1945. Life Delegate, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit Judicial Conference. Listen in The Best Lawyers in America (Corporate Law, Trusts and Estates). Recipient: Lawyer's Lawyer Award, Memphis Bar Association, 1990; Distinguished Service Medal, Rhodes College, 1978; Distinguished Alumni Award, Rhodes College, 1991; Order of the Cloud Banner, Chinese National Government, 1945. Member, 1967-1977, 1980-1984; Secretary, 1969-1977, 1980-1984, Board of Trustees, Rhodes College. President, Rhodes College Alumni Association, 1951-1953. Chairman, President's Council, Rhodes College, 1995-1996. Member, Executive Committee, University of Virginia Law School Alumni Council, 1974-1977. Fellow: American Bar Foundation; American College of Trust and Estate Counsel; Tennessee Bar Foundation; Memphis and Shelby County Bar Foundation.
Military
Commander, U.S.N.R., active duty, 1941-1945