Background
Carmody, Arthur Roderick was born on February 19, 1928 in Shreveport, Louisiana, United States. Son of Arthur R. and Caroline (Gaughan) Carmody.
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Arthur Roderick Carmody
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New Mexico Military Institute, Roswell, New Mexico. Fordham University (Bachelor of Arts 1949). Louisiana State University (Bachelor of Laws, 1952).
Phi Delta Phi.
Finalist, Robert Lee Storey Moot Court Competition.
Career
Member firm, Wilkinson, Carmody & Gilliam and its predecessors, Shreveport, since 1952. Board directors Kansas City Southern Transport Company, Kansas City, Shreveport and Gulf Terminal Company, Shreveport Braves Baseball Club (Texas League), Station KDAQ-FM Public Radio, president, 1991, chairman, 1992, RED River Public Radio Newtwork. Member Shreveport Steamer (World Football League) Partnership.
President Touchdown Club of Shreveport, 1960.
Achievements
Membership
Chairman Metropolitan Shreveport Zoning Board Appeals, 1959-1972. President of the board trusteesJesuit H.S., 1976-1982. Chairman of the Board Governors Loyola Foundation Shreveport, 1991-1994.
Trustee Schumpert Medical Center, 1965-1985. Board directors Louisiana State University Foundation, Baton Rouge, Agnew Day School, Shreveport, 1970-1982, Ridgewood Montessori School. National board directors New Mexico Military Institute, Roswell, 1967-1968 (named to Alumni Hall of Fame 1994).
Advisory county Louisiana State University, Shreveport, 1982-1986. Governors ad hoc committee for preparation rules and regulations for mining and reclamation of lignite in the State of Louisiana, Department Conservation, 1978-1979. Select committee member for review Studies. judicial conducts Supreme Court of the Louisiana, 1994-1998.
First lieutenant United States Army Reserve, 1948-1950. Master American Inns of Court. Fellow American College Trial Lawyers, Louisiana Bar Association(member commission on lawyer and judicial conduct 1996-1998).
Member American Bar Association, Federal Bar Association, Shreveport Bar Association, Supreme Court of the United States Court History Society, Fifth Federal Circuit Bar Association, Federalist Society, North Louisiana History Society, Louisiana History Association, Confederate Memorial Literature Society, National Society Sons of the American Revolution (president Galvez chapter 1997), Scribes Society, Supreme Court of the Louisiana History Society, University Associations of Louisiana State University, American Judicature Society, Louisiana Law Institute, Trial Attorneys American, National Association R.R. Trial Counsel, International Association Defense Counsel, Louisiana Assn.Def. Counsel, National Academy Law and Medicine, American Arbitration Association (panel arbitrators), Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association (Executive Committee since 1984), Louisiana R.R. Association (Executive Committee since 1992), Tarshar Society, Louisiana Association Business and Industry, National Legal Center for the Public Interest, Public Affairs Research Council, Shreveport Chamber of Commerce (director 1968-1970), Kansas City Southern History Society, Society Hospital Counsel, Louisiana Civil Svc. League, Louisiana State University Foundation, Res.Officers Association, North Louisiana Civil War Round Table, United States Horse Cavalry Association, Society for Military History, Society for Civil War History, Tarshar Society, Federalist Society, Sovereign Military Order of Malta, Phi Delta Phi, Kappa Alpha.
Connections
Married Renee Aubry, January 26, 1952(divorced 1980). Children: Helen Bragg, Renee, Arthur Roderick, Patrick, Timothy, Mary, Virginia, Joseph. Married Mary Wells, September 1, 1990.
