Senior U.S. Circuit Judge United States Court of Appeals Eleventh Circuit Born: Darlington, South Carolina Date of Appointment: May 21, 1976 Entered on Duty: May 26, 1976 Senior Status: October 15, 1989 Education: University of South Carolina, B.S.C., 1948 (war interrupted); Lamar School of Law, Emory University, J.D., 1948. Previous Employment: Private practice, Atlanta, Georgia, 1948-1974; U.S. District Judge, Northern District of Georgia, 1974-1976. Committee Appointments/Professional Organizations: Judicial Conference Committee on Intercircuit Assignments, 1990-present; Chair, Federal Judicial Center Appellate Education Committee; American College of Trial Lawyers; American Bar Association; life fellow, American Bar Foundation; Lawyers Club of Atlanta; American Law Institute; American Judicature Society; State Bar of Georgia and Atlanta Bar Association.