Background
Blair, Andrew Lane was born on December 5, 1915 in Buckhannon, West Virginia, United States. Son of Herbert McClaskey and Madge Breckenridge (Chidester) Blair.
Blair, Andrew Lane was born on December 5, 1915 in Buckhannon, West Virginia, United States. Son of Herbert McClaskey and Madge Breckenridge (Chidester) Blair.
West Virginia University and Duke University (Bachelor of Arts. 1936); West Virginia University (Bachelor of Laws, 1939). Phi Delta Phi; Order of the Coif.
Phi Kappa Psi; Mountain. Member, Board of Editors, West Virginia Law Review, 1937-1939. Trustee, West Virginia Wesleyan College, 1963.
Chancellor, West Virginia Annual Conference, United Methodist Church, 1968.
Working as a partner of THIS DIRECTORY. Admitted to the bar, 1939, West Virginia. Major clients of ANDREW BLAIR: One Valley Bancorp of West Virginia, Inc. West Virginia-American Water Company, GTE.
Contel, Cabot Corporation. Associated Press; Charleston Newspapers, B.F. Goodrich. Johns-Manville, Contractors of West Virginia.
Ernst & Whinney; Union Carbide Corporation. Rhoen-Poulence Ag Company. United Parcel Service.
Blue Cross-Blue Shield of West Virginia. Inc.; West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc. Herbert J. Thomas Memorial Hospital.
West Virginia Coal Association. BethEnergy Mines; Arch of West Virginia. Ashland Oil; Consolidation Coal Company.
Island Creek Coal Company. Westmoreland Coal Company. Pittston Coal Group; Cannelton Industries.
Carbon Industries; AETNA. CIGNA; The Hartford; Kemper. Travelers; USF&G; Zurich, Equitable.
Metropolitan; Go-Mart, Inc. Louie Glass Company; General Motors. Ford Motor Company.
Chancellor West Virginia Annual Conference United Methodist Church, Charleston, since 1968. Trustee West Virginia Wesleyan College, Buckhannon, since 1963. Chairman board administrators Christ Church United Methodist, Charleston, 1969-1976.
Board directors, secretary United Methodist Charities West Virginia, Charleston, since 1973. Served to lieutenant Commander United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1946. Fellow American Bar Foundation.
Member American Bar Association, West Virginia Bar Association, Kanawha County Bar Association (president 1964-1965), American Judicature Society (board directors 1981-1985), American Counsel Association, Charleston Area Chamber of Chamber (board directors, secretary 1967-1972), Order of Coif. Clubs: Exchange, Edgewood Country (Charleston). Lodges: Masons, Shriners.
Married Catherine Hester Shaffer, May 23, 1942. Children: Catherine B. Ferguson, Andrew L. Junior, Barbara B. Henson.