Background
Beasley, Cecil Ackmond was born on November 30, 1911 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Son of Cecil Ackmond and Louise Adeline (Renfro) Beasley.
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Cecil Ackmond Beasley
Edit ProfileEducation
Bachelor of Arts cum laude, Princeton University, 1935; Bachelor of Laws, Yale University, 1939.
Career
Law clerk to chief justice, United States Court Claims, 1939-1940; private practice, Washington, 1940-1985; member firm, Mills & Kilpatrick, 1941-1943; member firm, Kilpatrick, Ballard & Beasley, 1943-1965; member firm, Ballard & Beasley, 1965-1985. Special consultant transportation division ECA, 1950-1951. Director Southern Airways, Atlanta, 1949-1979, Republic Airlines, Inc., Minneapolis, 1979-1986.
Achievements
Membership
Board Governors St. Albans School Boys, Washington, 1950-1957, chairman, 1956-1957. Board of Governors National Cathedral School Girls, Washington, 1958-1964, chairman, 1960-1964. Fellow American College Trial Lawyers.
Member American Bar Association (standing committee aero law 1969-1975, advising committee to standing committee aero law 1975-1978, chairman 1975-1978), District of Columbia Bar Association (chairman commission on aero law 1952-1953, 61-63, 67-68), Federal Power Bar Assns., American Judicature Society, Barristers (president 1963-1964), St.Albans School for Boys Alumni Association (president 1948-1949), Lawyers Club (president 1988-1989), Order of Coif, Phi Delta Phi.
Connections
Married Parthenia Virginia Stubblefield, October 29, 1942 (deceased March 1976). Children: Virginia Beasley Otis, Cynthia Beasley Garten.
