Background
Sanders, Carl E. was born on May 15, 1925 in Augusta, Georgia, United States. Son of Carl T. and Roberta (Ailey) Sanders.
Sanders, Carl E. was born on May 15, 1925 in Augusta, Georgia, United States. Son of Carl T. and Roberta (Ailey) Sanders.
University of Georgia (Juris Doctor, 1948).
Member Hammond, Kennedy & Sanders, Augusta, Georgia, 1948—1952. Senior member Sanders, Thurmond, Hester & Jolles, Sanders, Hester, Holley, Ashmore & Boozer. Chairman, member executive committee Troutman Sanders LLP (formerly Troutman, Sanders, Lockerman & Ashmore), Atlanta, 1967—2006, chairman emeritus, since 2006.
Member Georgia House Representatives, 1954—1956, Georgia State Senate, 1957—1962, president pro tempore, 1960—1962. Governor State of Georgia, 1963—1967. Chairman, rules committee Democratic National Convention, 1964.
Member, executive committee National Governor Conference, 1964—1965. Chairman Appalachian Governor Conference, 1964—1965. Vice chairman Southern Governor Conference, 1965—1966.
Member National Commission on Urban Affairs, 1967. Board director Public Broadcasting Corporation, 1968—1970. Chairman, finance committee Democratic Party, Georgia, 1974—1983.
Board director Healthdyne, 1986—1996, Matria Healthcare, since 1996, Wachovia Atlanta Advisory Bank Board. Member Atlanta Committee, Olympic Games, 1996. Served to 1st lieutenant (first pilot of B-17 heavy bomber) United States Air Force, World War II.
Member: United States. Intergovernmental Commission on Federal-State Relations, 1963-1965. National Commission on Urban Affairs, 1967.
Board of Directors, Public Broadcasting Corporation, 1968-1970.
Commission on the Operation of the United States Senate, 1975-1976. Member: Atlanta and American Bar Associations.
State Bar of Georgia. Lawyers Club of Atlanta.
Married Betty Bird Foy, 1947. Children: Betty Foy, Carl E. Junior.