Andrew Jackson Brent

Background

Brent, Andrew Jackson was born on November 25, 1918 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Son of Andrew Jackson and Gussie Millhiser (Reinhardt) Brent.

Education

Bachelor of Laws, University of Virginia, 1941; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Mary Baldwin College.

Career

Private practice, Richmond, since 1946. Partner Christian, Barton, Epps, Brent & Chappell, since 1949. General counsel, secretary, director Media General, Inc.

Past chairman, director Center Virginia Educational television Corporation. Director Denver Post Corporation, Richmond Newspapers, Inc., Piedmont Public Company, Inc., Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Tribune Company, Tampa, Florida. Board directors Productora Nacional de Papel Destintado S.A. de Curriculum Vitae, Mexico City, Fiber-Lam Inc., Garden State Newspapers, Inc.

Achievements

• ANDREW BRENT has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.

Membership

Past president, board directors Richmond Area Community Council, 1963-1966. Board directors, trustee, former chairman Richmond Eye and Ear Hospital. General counsel, secretary Richmond Metropolitan Authority.

Board directors, past chairman Virginia Public Telecommunications Council. Past secretary, visitor Virginia Commonwealth University. Past president, trustee Virginia Law Foundation.

Life trustee, president Collegiate Schools, Virginia Commonwealth University Fund. Past chairman, trustee emeritus Mary Baldwin College. Trustee Naval Intelligence Foundation.

Former president, trustee George Mason Memorial Society. President, governor Capital Area Assembly. Warden, vestryman Episcopal Church Lieutenant Commander United States Naval Reserve, 1941-1946.

Fellow American Bar Association, Virginia Law Foundation. Member Virginia Bar Association, Richmond Bar Association, American Judicature Society, Sons of the American Revolution of Virginia, Metropolitan Richmond Chamber of Commerce (past president, director), Commonwealth Club (past president, governor), Country Club of Virginia, Downtown Club (past president, director), Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Alpha Delta, Phi Kappa Psi, Pi Delta Epsilon.

Connections

Married Virginia Armistead McGuire, November 1, 1941. Children: Virginia Armistead (Mistress Roger P. Hailes), Roberta Harper Peek, Elizabeth Marshall McGuire (Mistress Peter F. Nostrand), Andrew Mason, Maria Meade (Mistress W. Brady Jones).

Father:

Andrew Jackson Brent

Mother:

Gussie Millhiser (Reinhardt) Brent

Spouse:

Virginia Armistead McGuire

child:

Elizabeth Marshall McGuire Brent (Mistress Peter F. Nostrand)

child:

Virginia Armistead Brent (Mistress Roger P. Hailes)

child:

Maria Meade Brent (Mistress W. Brady Jones)

child:

Roberta Harper Peek Brent

child:

Andrew Mason Brent