Background
Highland, Cecil Blaine was born on November 23, 1918 in New Martinsville, West Virginia, United States. Son of Cecil Blaine and Ella C. (Clark) Highland.
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Highland, Cecil Blaine was born on November 23, 1918 in New Martinsville, West Virginia, United States. Son of Cecil Blaine and Ella C. (Clark) Highland.
West Virginia University (Bachelor of Arts, 1939). Harvard Law School (Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, 1949). Phi Beta Kappa. Member, Harvard Law Review, 1947-1949.
Assistant Professor of Law (part time), West Virginia University, 19491956.
Member Harrison County (President, 1977) and American Bar Associations. West Virginia State Bar.
Practiced in, Clarksburg, West Virginia, since 1949; now of counsel, McNeer, Highland, McMunn and Varner chairman, One Valley Bank of Clarksburg, 1957-1998. Director Clarksburg Public Company, since 1949, president, general manager, treasurer, since 1957.
Served with Army of the United States, 1940-1946. Lieutenant colonel Reserve retired. Member American, West Virginia, Harrison County bar associations, American Legion, Harvard, West Virginia law school associations, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Psi.
Married Barbara Brennan, June 4, 1955. 1 child, Ellen Highland Fernandez.