Background
Byrne, Arthur Dillard was born on August 27, 1918 in Gainesboro, Tennessee, United States. Son of Arthur D. and Esther (Neeley) Byrne.
Byrne, Arthur Dillard was born on August 27, 1918 in Gainesboro, Tennessee, United States. Son of Arthur D. and Esther (Neeley) Byrne.
Bachelor, Maryville College, 1939. Juris Doctor, University Tennessee, 1942. Certified in meteorology, United States Air Force Meteorological School, Chanute Field, Illinois, 1943.
Graduate as intelligence officer, Air Combat Intelligence School, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1944.
Associate Poore, Cox, Baker, Ray & Byrne and predecessor firms, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1942-1962, partner, from 1962. Chairman standing committee on admission to practice United States District Court (northern district) Tennessee, since 1987.
Active Tennessee History Society. Board directors Knoxville Symphony Society, 1963-1980, president, 1965-1966. Captain United States Air Force, 1943-1946, PTO. Fellow American College Trial Lawyers, American College Legal Medicine, International Academy Trial Lawyers (administration justice committee).
Member American Bar Association, Tennessee Bar Association (vice president 1964-1965), Knoxville Bar Association (president 1962-1963), Federation Insurance Counsel (chair publicity committee), Inns of Court (master of bench since 1989), Order of Coif, Masons, Phi Delta Phi, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Jean Currier White, September 26, 1942. Children: Jean Laurie, Ann Terrell.