Born July 3, 1937 in Newport News, Virginia.
Died March 28, 1995 in Charlottesville, Virginia.
First elected by the General Assembly on December 17, 1984 to an eight-year term beginning January 1, 1985. Service terminated by death.
Education:
University of Virginia, B.A., 1958
University of Virginia, LL.B., 1966
University of Virginia, LL.M., Judicial Process, 1988
Doctoral candidate, University of Virginia Law School, 1989-1995
Other judicial service:
Judge, Second Judicial Circuit, 1980-1985.
Professional career:
Private practice of law in Norfolk, Virginia, 1965-1984, and Virginia Beach, 1974-1985.
Virginia state delegate, 1976-1979.
Adjunct professor of appellate procedures, University of Virginia.
Military service:
Vietnam War (Navy)
Sources:
Elected, Journal of the House of Delegates 1984 Special Session, 8; obituary, “Appeals Judge Dies at 57,” Richmond Times Dispatch, March 30, 1995; date of birth, Social Security Death Index, retrieved from genealogybank.com on December 2, 2914; education, obituary, Virginian-Pilot, March 31, 1995, retrieved from America’s News, newsbank.com, on December 8, 2014; military service, Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory (New York: Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, Inc., 1970), 1798-B; private practice and judicial service, “Barrow, Whiting to Retire,” Virginia Lawyers Weekly, January 23, 1995, retrieved from valawyersweekly.com on December 2, 2014; service in the House of Delegates, The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia, 1692-1981, compiled by the staff of the Clerk of the House of Delegates (Richmond: Commonwealth of Virginia, 1983), 185.