Background
Dedman, Bertram Cottingham was born on December 24, 1914 in Columbia, Tennessee, United States. Son of Bertram Cottingham and Mary Ella (Fariss) Dedman.
Dedman, Bertram Cottingham was born on December 24, 1914 in Columbia, Tennessee, United States. Son of Bertram Cottingham and Mary Ella (Fariss) Dedman.
Bachelor of Arts, University of South, Sewanee, Tennessee, 1937; Juris Doctor, George Washington University, 1941.
Trial attorney Antitrust Division, Department Justice, Washington, 1941-1954, Texaco, Inc., Los Angeles, 1954-1957. Assistant counsel, associate general counsel, general counsel Insurance Company North America, Philadelphia, 1957-1970. Vice president, general counsel INA Corporation (now CIGNA Corporation), 1968-1977, vice president, secretary, 1975-1979.
Retired, 1979; With United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1947.
Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1947. Member American, Federal, Tennessee, Philadelphia bar associations, American Judicature Society, International Association Insurance Law (past president United States chapter).
Married Rainsford Bayard MacDowell, June 16, 1938. Children: Rainsford Dedman Olson, Ella.