Admitted
1956, Oklahoma; 1957, U.S. District Court, Western, Northern and Eastern Districts of Oklahoma; 1958, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 1970, U.S. Supreme Court; 1985, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
Law School
University of Oklahoma, J.D., 1956
Law School Graduation Year
1956
College
University of Oklahoma, B.A., 1952
Biographical
Phi Delta Phi; Order of the Coif; Phi Beta Kappa; Order of Barristers. Article and Book Editor, Oklahoma Law Review, 1954-1956. Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Phillips Petroleum Company, 1985-1995. Recipient, Distinguished Service Citation, University of Oklahoma, 1985. Distinguished Alumni Award, University of Oklahoma, 1999; Doctor of Laws degree, Oklahoma City, 1999. Director, 1986—, Secretary, 1991-1992, Treasurer, 1993-1994, Vice President, 1995-1996, and President, 1997-1998, American Bar Endowment. Chair, Law Center Advisory Board, College of Law, University of Oklahoma, 1977-1978. Director: National Center for State Courts, 1993—; American Judicature Society, 1982-1988. Member, Executive Committee, CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution, 1992—; General Committee on Law, American Petroleum Institute, 1985-1995 (Chair, 1994-1995). Fellow: American Bar Foundation (Chair, 1990-1991); American College of Trial Lawyers. Life Benefactor Fellow: American Bar Foundation (Director, 1988-1991 and 1997—). Member: Oklahoma County (President, 1971), Oklahoma (President, 1976) and American (President, 1999-2000; President-Elect, 1998-1999, Board of Governors, 1995—) Bar Associations; Chair, Committee on Research about the Future of the Legal Profession, 1995-1997. Member, Commission to Review Process of ABA Accreditation of American Law Schools, 1994-1995; Long Range Program and Financial Committee, 1988-1990; Coordinating Committee on Professionalism, 1986-1992; House of Delegates, 1975-1977 and 1979—; State Delegate from Oklahoma, 1986-1995; Council, Section of Litigation, 1989-1993; Commission on Women in the Profession, 1993-1995, Vice-Chair, 1994-1995; Committee on Corporate Law Departments, Section of Business Law, 1986-1995; Association of General Counsel, 1989—; National Conference of Bar Presidents (President, 1985-1986); American Law Institute; Martindale-Hubbell Legal Advisory Board, 1990—; The Southwestern Legal Foundation (Trustee, 1982—), Vice-Chair, 1996—, Chair, Research Fellows, 1992-1993. Rec
Military
With USMC, active duty, 1952-1954; Col., USMCR