Background
YANCEY, BENJAMIN was born on August 5, 1906 in Biloxi, Mississippi, United States.
YANCEY, BENJAMIN was born on August 5, 1906 in Biloxi, Mississippi, United States.
Rugby Academy, New Orleans. Tulane University (Bachelor of Arts, 1926. Master of Arts, 1928: Bachelor of Laws, 1928.
Doctor of Laws, 1986).
Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif (Honorary). Alumnus Editor, Tulane Law Review, 1929-1941.
Advisory Editor, Tulane Law Review, 1948-1963. Associate Editor, American Maritime Cases, 1950-1989.
Lecturer, Admiralty Law, Louisiana State University, 1956-1970.
Lecturer, 1967-1971, Professor of Law, 1971-1984 and Emeritus, since 1984, Tulane University. Advisor to American Delegations, Brussels Diplomatic Conference on Maritime Law, 1967-1968 and Legal Committee, Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Organization, London, 1967. Titulary Member, Comite Maritime International, since 1967.
Working as a partner of TERRIBERRY, CARROLL & YANCEY. Admitted to the bar, 1928, Louisiana.
New Orleans, Louisiana State, Federal and American Bar Associations. The Association of the Bar of the City of New New York Maritime Law Association of the United States (Second Vice-President, 1964-1966.
President, 1966-1968).
International Association of Insurance Counsel. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers.