Background
Newman, Charles Forrest was born on January 15, 1937 in Grenada, Mississippi, United States. Son of Wiley Clifford and Lurene (Westbrook) Newman.
Newman, Charles Forrest was born on January 15, 1937 in Grenada, Mississippi, United States. Son of Wiley Clifford and Lurene (Westbrook) Newman.
Yale University (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1959. Bachelor of Laws, 1963). Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms Universität, Bonn, Germany, 1960.
Phi Beta Kappa.
Book and Gavel. Law Clerk to Federal District Judge Bailey Brown, 1963-1964. Associate, Environmental Law Institute.
Associate Examiner, Tennessee Board of Law Examiners, 1983-1985. Member, Executive Committee, Yale Law School Association, 1985-1988.
Bar: Tennessee 1964, Supreme Court of the United States Court 1981. Law clerk United States.Dist. Judge Bailey Brown, Western District Tennessee, 1963-1964.
Member firm Burch Porter & Johnson, Attorneys, Memphis, 1965, partner, 1966.
Board directors/trustees Memphis College Art, National Civil Rights Museum. Member Executive Committee Yale University Law School Association, 1984-1988.
Chair President"s Council Rhodes College, 1994-1995. Commissioner Memphis Landmarks commission, 1983-1987.
Member class county Class of "59, Yale College, 1980-1990.
Associate Environmental Law Institute. Former board of directors/trustees Lemoyne-Owen College, Tennessee Nature Conservancy. Adenauer fellow U. Bonn, 1959-1960.
Recipient 1990 Distinguished Svc. medal Rhodes College.
Fellow American Bar Foundation, Tennessee Bar Foundation. Member American Bar Association, Tennessee Bar Association, Memphis Bar Association (board directors 1990-1996, president 1996), American Judicature Society, American Inns Court (master of bench), Memphis Downtown Rotary. Club of Memphis, Yale.
Married Jeannette Kay Bailey, May 26, 1973.