• District Court, W.D. Tennessee

  Judge

  1980 – 2006 · 26 yrsAppointed by Jimmy Carter

Career

• U.S. Bankruptcy Judge

  Western District of Tennessee

  1976 – 1980 · 4 yrs

• Director, Community Health Services, Mid-South Medical Center Council

  1974 – 1976 · 2 yrs

• Commentator, WREC-TV (CBS)

  1972 – 1974 · 2 yrs

• President

  LeMoyne-Owen College

  1970 – 1974 · 4 yrs

• Judge

  Shelby County Tennessee Criminal Court

  1969 – 1970 · 1 yr

• Director, Division of Hospital and Health Services

  1968 – present · 58 yrs

• Assistant U.S. attorney

  Western District of Tennessee

  1962 – 1968 · 6 yrs

• Private practice

  1957 – 1962 · 5 yrs

• U.S. Marine Corps

  1951 – 1953 · 2 yrs

• U.S. Marine Corps

  1946 – 1947 · 1 yr

Education