Education
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill – A.B. Economics, 1949
    • Past member of Phi Beta Kappa
    • Past member of Tau Beta Pi
  • Harvard Law School – L.L.B., 1952

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS

  • Awarded an Honorary Doctorates Degree by Lenoir-Rhyne College, 2005
Admissions/Memberships

ADMISSIONS

  • North Carolina

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

  • Catawba County Bar Association – Past Member
  • North Carolina Bar Association – Past Member
  • American Bar Association – Past Member
Recognition/Community

PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION

  • Inducted into the North Carolina Bar Association General Practice Hall of Fame – 2003
  • Named Business Leader of the Year by Lenoir-Rhyne Business Council – 2002
  • North Carolina Bar Association Justice Fund Honor

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

  • Past Member and Elder of First Presbyterian Church of Hickory
  • Catawba County Economic Development Corporation – served as a member for six years and as chairman from 2004 – 2006
  • Served as president of the Hickory Jaycees and received Jaycee’s Distinguished Service Award (1958)
  • Served as president of the Hickory Kiwanis Club
  • Served as president of the Hickory Chamber of Commerce
  • Served as co-chairman and president of Greater Hickory United Fund
  • Former member board of trustees, Lenoir-Rhyne College
  • Served as president of the Catawba County Bar Association and 25th Judicial District Bar Association
  • Served in the United States Army (1945 – 1947) as an Army Intelligence Officer, stationed with the Army of Occupation of Japan (1946 – 1947)