Background
Bate, Charles Thomas was born on November 14, 1932 in Muncie, Indiana, United States. Son of Thomas Elwood and Vina Florence (Jackson) Bate.
Bate, Charles Thomas was born on November 14, 1932 in Muncie, Indiana, United States. Son of Thomas Elwood and Vina Florence (Jackson) Bate.
Butler University (Bachelor of Arts, 1955). Indiana University (Juris Doctor, 1962). City Attorney, City of Shelbyville, 1981-1986.
Member, Board of Trustees, Anderson University, Anderson. Indiana, since 1982. Trustee Emeritus, Warner Pacific College, Portland, Oregon, since 1984. Member, National Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association.
Staff adjuster State Automobile Insurance Association, Indpl., 1953-1957, claim supervisor, 1958-1959, office manager, 1960-1961, casualty claim manager, 1961-1962, attorney, 1962-1963. Member firm Smith & Yarling, Indianapolis, 1963-1967. Senior partner Bate, Harrold & Meltzer, Shelbyville, Indiana, since 1967.
City attorney City of Shelbyville, 1981-1986. Director, vice president, general counsel Discovery Life Insurance Company, Indianapolis, 1966-1970.
Board directors National Pensions Board of Church of God, 1970-1974. Board directors Glendale Church of God Inc. 1958-1980, lay speaker, since 1962, secretary national by-laws committee 1968-1972).
Trustee emeritus Warner Pacific College, Portland, Oregon, since 1984. Trustee Anderson University, Indiana, since 1982. Fellow Indiana Bar Foundation.
Member American Bar Association, Indiana Bar Association (house of deals 1978-1980), Indianapolis Bar Association, Shelby County Bar Association (president 1979), American Judicature Society, American Arbitration Association (panel arbitrators), Association Trial Lawyers American, Indiana Trial Lawyers Association (director since 1979), Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, American Board Trial Advocates. Lodges: Elks.
Married Barbara Kay Dailey, June 17, 1955. Children– Charles Thomas, Gregory Andrew, Jeffrey Scott.