Background
Simons, Charles Earl was born on August 17, 1916 in Johnston, South Carolina. Son of Charles Earl Senior and Frances (Rhoden) Simons.
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Charles Earl Simons
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AB, University of Southern California, 1937; Bachelor of Laws cum laude, University of Southern California, 1939.
Career
Partner, Lybrand & Simons, Aiken, South Carolina., 1939-1950;
partner, Thurmond, Lybrand and Simons, Aiken, 1950-1954;
partner, Lybrand, Simons & Rich, Aiken, 1950-1954;
partner, Lybrand, Simons & Rich, Aiken, 1961-1964;
member, South Carolina. House of Representatives, 1942, 47-48, 61-64;
member ways and means committee, 1947-1948, 61-64;
judge, United States District Court South Carolina., Aiken, since 1964;
chief judge, United States District Court South Carolina., Aiken, 1980-1986;
senior status, United States District Court, since 1987. Member South Carolina.
Constitutional Revision Committee, 1948, Board Discipline and Grievance, South Carolina. Bar, 1958-1961, Ethics Advisory Panel, 1981-1987. Judicial representative 4th circuit Judicial Conference United States, 1973-1979.
Chairman subcommittee on federal jurisdiction of Committee on Court Administration, 1986-1987.
Achievements
Membership
Member Chief Metropolitan District Judges Conference, 1980-1989, chairman, 1986-1989. Board directors South Carolina. Athletic Hall of Fame.
Member Judicial Conference Commision on Judicial Branch, 1988-1992. With United States Navy, World World War World War II. Member American Bar Association, South Carolina.
Bar Association (committee member), American Law Institute, American Legion, University of Southern California Alumni Association (past president 1964), South Carolina. Golf Association, Aiken Business Men's Club (past president), Palmetto Golf Club (president 1994-1997), Rotary.
Connections
Married Jean Knapp, October 18, 1941 (deceased 1991). Children: Charles Earl III, Paul Knapp, Richard Brewster, Jean Brewster Smith.
