Background
Pope, Andrew Jackson was born on April 18, 1913 in Abilene, Texas, United States. Son of Andrew Jackson and Ruth Adelia (Taylor) Pope.
Pope, Andrew Jackson was born on April 18, 1913 in Abilene, Texas, United States. Son of Andrew Jackson and Ruth Adelia (Taylor) Pope.
Bachelor, Abilene Christian U., 1934; Doctor of Laws (honorary), Abilene Christian U., 1980; Bachelor of Laws, University Texas, 1937; Doctor of Laws (honorary), Pepperdine U., 1981; Doctor of Laws (honorary), St. Mary's U., San Antonio, 1982; Doctor of Laws (honorary), Oklahoma Christian U., 1983.
Practice law, Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, 1937-1946; judge, 94th District Court, Corpus Christi, 1946-1950; justice, Court Civil Appeals, San Antonio, 1950-1965; justice, Supreme Court of the Texas, Austin, 1965-1982; chief justice, Supreme Court of the Texas, Austin, 1982-1985.
President Metropolitan Young Men’s Christian Association, San Antonio, 1956-1957. Chairman Texas State Law Library. Board, 1973-1980; trustee Abilene Christian U., since 1958.
Seaman United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1946. Fellow Texas Bar Foundation (Law Review award 1979, 80, 81). Member American Bar Association, StateBar Texas (president judicial section 1962, Outstanding Alumnus 1994, Outstanding Fifty Years Lawyer award 1994), Texas Bar Foundation, Order of Coif, Nueces County Bar Association (president 1946), Travis County Bar Association, Bexar County Bar Association, Texas Philosophical Society, Austin Knife and Fork (president 1980), American Judicature Society, Texas State History Association, Texas Supreme Court Hist.Soc.
(vice president), Sons of Republic of Texas, Statesmanship award State BarTex., 1998, Christian Chronicle Council (chairman), Masons, Knights of Pythias (grand chancellor 1946), Alpha Chi, Phi Delta Phi, Pi Sigma Alpha.
Married Allene Esther Nichols, June 11, 1938. Children: Andrew Jackson III, Walter Allen.