Background
Gaines, Alexander Pendleton was born on May 27, 1910 in Atlanta. Son of Lewis M. and Virginia Ethel (Alexander) Gaines.
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Alexander Pendleton Gaines
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Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Georgia, 1932; Bachelor of Laws, Emory University, 1935.
Career
Associate, Jones, Fuller and Clapp, 1935-1941; assistant regional counsel, OPA, 1942; partner, Clapp and Gaines, 1945-1950; partner, Gaines, Simpson & Peabody, 1950-1954; partner, Hurt, Gaines and Baird, 1954-1962; member firm, Alston, Miller and Gaines, Atlanta, 1962-1982; member firm, Alston and Bird, Atlanta, from 1982. Secretary, director George Muse Clothing Company, 1947-1981. Director Genuine Parts Company,1950-1981.
Achievements
Membership
Trustee Charles Loridans Foundation, Vassar Wooley Foundation, John Bulow Campbell Foundation, 1958-1980. Trustee University Georgia Foundation, 1964-1981, trustee emeritus, from 1982. Trustee Berry Schools, 1964-1981, trustee emeritus, from 1982.
Trustee J.M. Tull Foundation, 1964-1981. Trustee Agnes Scott College, 1959-1984, trustee emeritus, from 1984. Trustee Piedmont Hospital Foundation, from 1971, Southern Academy Letters, Arts and Sciences, 1971-1983.
Member Georgia Post-Secondary Education Commission, 1977. Co-chairman Joint Technology Georgia Development Fund., 1967-1968. Served with United States Army Air Force, 1942-1945.
Fellow American College Probate Counsel. Member American, District of Columbia, Georgia, Atlanta bar associations, Atlanta Chamber C., Phi Delta Theta, Phi Delta Phi. Clubs: Commerce, Piedmont Driving.
Connections
Married Mary Delia Upchurch, October 2, 1937 (deceased November 1975). Children: Mary (Mistress William F. Ford), Alexander Pendleton, Delia (Mistress Charles C. Thompson III). Married Mary Cobb Gardner, June 27, 1976.
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Religion
Presbyterian
Awards
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Recipient President's award Association Private Colleges and Universities, 1977, Distinguished Alumni Merit award University Georgia, 1978, Merit award, 1980.Recipient President's award Association Private Colleges and Universities, 1977, Distinguished Alumni Merit award University Georgia, 1978, Merit award, 1980.