Background
RUSSELL, Donald was born in February 1906 in Lafayette Springs, Mississippi, United States. Son of Jesse and Lula (nbe Russell) Russell.
RUSSELL, Donald was born in February 1906 in Lafayette Springs, Mississippi, United States. Son of Jesse and Lula (nbe Russell) Russell.
AB, United States.C., 1925. Bachelor of Laws, United States.C., 1928. Postgraduate, University Michigan, 1929.
Doctor of Laws(honorary), Wofford College. Doctor of Laws(honorary), Lander College. Doctor of Laws(honorary), The Citadel.
Doctor of Laws(honorary), United States.C. Doctor of Laws(honorary), Emory University. Doctor of Laws(honorary), Clemson University.
Doctor of Laws(honorary), Commonwealth Post College.
Private practice, Spartanburg, 1930—1942, 1947—1951, 1957—1963. With Nicholls, Wyche & Byrnes, Nicholls, Wyche & Russell, and Nicholls & Russell, 1930—1942. Assistant to director economic stabilization Price Adjustment Board, War Department, Washington, 1942, assistant to director war mobilization, 1943.
Deputy director Office War Mobilization Reconversion, 1945. Assistant secretary state, 1945—1947. President University South Carolina, 1951—1957.
Governor State of South Carolina, 1963—1965. Member United States Senate from South Carolina, 1965—1966. Judge The United States of America District Court, 1967-1971, United States Court Appeals, Spartanburg, South Carolina, from 1971.
Major United States Army, 1944.
Since a human being is the central factor in the plan of salvation, the Gospel must be taught, understood and accepted by him.
When the Church as a body engages with political issues, it should follow the principles of Christian faith.
The family is the most basic of human institutions through which people are nurtured and sustained in love, responsibility, and respect.
Active Wriston Committee on Reorganization Foreign Service, 1954. Trustee emeritus Emory University, Atlanta, Converse College, Spartanburg, South Carolina, Benedict College, Columbia. Member of American Bar Association, Spartanburg County Bar Association, South Carolina Bar Association, American Law Institute, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Virginia Utsey, June 15, 1929. Children: Donald, Mildred, Scott, John.