Background
Whitten, C. G. was born on April 1, 1925 in Abilene, Texas, United States. Son of C.G. and Eugenia (St. Clair) Whitten.
Whitten, C. G. was born on April 1, 1925 in Abilene, Texas, United States. Son of C.G. and Eugenia (St. Clair) Whitten.
Bachelor of Science, University Texas-Austin, 1943, Juris Doctor, 1949.Bar: Texas 1949, United States District Court (northern district) Texas 1950, Supreme Court of the United States Court 1955. Association Grisham & King, Abilene, Texas, 1949-1952. Partner Jameson& Whitten, 1952-1954, Jameson, Whitten, Harrell & Wilcox, 1954-1958, Whitten, Harrell, Erwin & Jameson, 1958-1968, Whitten, Sprain, Wagner, Price & Edwards, 1968-1979, Whitten, Haag, Cobb & Hacker, 1979-1982.
Senior partner Whitten, Haag, Hacker, Hagin & Cutbirth, 1983-1987. President Whitten, Hacker, Hagin, Anderson & Rucker, Professional Corporation, 1987-1992. Of counsel Whitten & Young, 1992^.
General counsel Pittencrieff Communications, Inc., 1992-1997, senior vice-president, director, 1994-1997. President Abilene Improvement Corporation, 1994^. Member tax. increment funding district, 1995^, chairman 1998^, member of advisory county University of Texas Press, 1995^.
Associate Grisham & King, Abilene, Texas, 1949-1952. Partner Jameson & Whitten, 1952-1954, Jameson, Whitten, Harrell & Wilcox, 1954-1958, Whitten, Harrell, Erwin & Jameson, 1958-1968, Whitten, Sprain, Wagner, Price & Edwards, 1968-1979, Whitten, Haag, Cobb & Hacker, 1979-1982. Senior partner Whitten, Haag, Hacker, Hagin & Cutbirth, 1983-1987.
President Whitten, Hacker, Hagin, Anderson & Rucker, Professional Corporation, 1987-1992. Of counsel Whitten & Young, from 1992. General counsel Pittencrieff Communications, Inc., 1992-1997, senior vice president, director, 1994-1997.
President Abilene Improvement Corporation, 1994-2001. Member tax. increment funding district, since 1995, member advisory council University of Texas Press, 1995-2001, chairman 1998-2000.
Member, Board of Trustees, 1959-1976, Vice President, 1970-1972 and President, 1972-1976, Abilene Independent School District. Member: Abilene (President, 1965) and American Bar Associations. State Bar of Texas (Member, Board of Directors, 1977-1980).
Sustaining Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation (Member, Board of Trustees, 1980-1984. Chairman, 1982-1983; Chairman of Fellows, 1985-1986). Fellow, American Bar Foundation.
American Judicature Society. Fellow, American Bar Foundation. American Judicature Society.
Married Alene Henley, November 25, 1945. Children: Julie, Jennifer, Blake. Married Carol Owen, April 22, 1977.