Photographic portrait, 1985.

Born February 11, 1924 in Houston, Texas.
Died February 7, 2020 in Loudoun, Virginia.

Elected by the General Assembly on December 17, 1984 to an eight-year term beginning January 1, 1985. Service terminated by retirement.

Education:

Virginia Military Institute, attended, 1941-1943.
Georgetown University, B.S.S. (Bachelor of Social Science), 1947.
Georgetown University, J.D., 1950.

Other judicial service:

Judge, Seventeenth Judicial Circuit (Arlington, Virginia), 1972-1985.
Senior judge, Court of Appeals of Virginia, 1992-2000.

Professional career:

Private practice of law in Arlington, Virginia, 1951-1972.
Instructor in commercial law, University of Virginia (1953-1962), George Washington University (1958-1960), and Potomac School of Law (1977-1978).
Lecturer in law, George Mason University.

Military service:

Army (World War II).

Sources:

Elected, Journal of the House of Delegates, 1984 Special Session, 9; retired, Journal of the House of Delegates, 1992 Regular Session, 102; education, military service, and career, The American Bench: Judges of the Nation (Forster-Long, Inc., 1991-1992), 2320, and George Mason School of Law catalog, 1987-1988; attended VMI, email correspondence with David Decker on March 13, 2015.