Background
Orgain, Benjamin Darby was born on December 26, 1909 in Bastrop, Texas, United States. Son of William Edmund and May (Bolinger) Orgain.
Orgain, Benjamin Darby was born on December 26, 1909 in Bastrop, Texas, United States. Son of William Edmund and May (Bolinger) Orgain.
Student, South Park College, Beaumont, Texas, 1926-1927; Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Laws, University Texas, 1933; Master of Laws, Harvard University, 1934.
Since practiced in, Beaumont of counsel firm, Orgain, Bell & Tucker. Director, Gulf States Utilities Company, 1963-1975; advisory director, Gulf States Utilities Company, 1975-1980.
Chairman Jefferson County Democratic Committee, 1940-1942. Vice chairman development board University Texas, 1966-1968, member, 1963-1991. Trustee University Texas Law School Foundation, 1991.
Associate member board visitors University Texas Cancer Foundation. Member chancellor's council University Texas Served to lieutenant Commander United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1946. Fellow American Bar Foundation.
Member American, Texas, Jefferson County bar associations, Texas Ornithological Society (president 1979-1981), Beaumont Chamber of Commerce, Friar Society, Phi Delta Phi, Kappa Sigma. Clubs: Beaumont Country. Piping Rock (Locust Valley, New York ).
Married Martha Chastain Avery, April 16, 1977. Children: Lucy Allen Orgain White, Benjamin Darby.