Alexander Boyd Andrews

Background

Andrews, Alexander Boyd was born on February 2, 1873 in Henderson, North Carolina, United States. Son of Alexander B. and Julia M. (Johnston) Andrews.

Education

Bachelor of Letters of North Carolina, 1893, law student, 1893-1894.

Career

Admitted to North Carolina Bar, 1894, and since in practice at Raleigh. Director Atlantic Fire Insurance Company Deputy to Triennial General Convention, Episcopal Church, Denver, Colorado, 1931, Atlantic City, New Jersey, 1934, Cincinnati, O., 1937, Kansas City, Missoury, Cleveland, Ohio, 1943, (Chairman of Commission on canons), 1940. Delegate to American Council on Education, 1932-1937.

Achievements

• Alexander Boyd Andrews has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of the board of trustees University of North Carolina since 1927 (now secretary), director East Carolina Teachers College since 1931. Member American Bar Association, (commission on judicial salaries, 1922-1943, chairman 1922-1935), North Carolina Bar Association (president 1928-1929), American Law Institute, North Carolina Society South.R. president 1931-1932, secretary since 1933), American Statistical Association, Special Libraries, Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Clubs: Kiwanis, Carolina Country.

Wrote “Judicial Salaries in United States”.

Connections

Married Helen M. Sharples, November 5, 1908 (died 1921).

Father:

Alexander B. Andrews

Mother:

Julia M. (Johnston) Andrews

Spouse:

Helen M. Sharples