Charles Wilson Knowlton

Background

Knowlton, Charles Wilson was born on July 26, 1923 in Columbia, South Carolina, United States. Son of Benjamin Almy and Alice Elizabeth (Wilson) Knowlton.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, University South Carolina., 1943; Bachelor of Laws, Harvard University, 1949.

Career

Individual practice law, Columbia, 1949-1950; senior partner firm, Boyd, Knowlton, Tate & Finlay (now Sinkler & Boyd), Columbia, since 1952. Consultant to joint legislation committee rewriting South Carolina. Business Corporation Act.

Consultant to joint legislation committee revising South Carolina. banking laws. Lecturer University of Southern California. Former chairman South Carolina.

Supreme Court Committee on Character and Fitness. Member Columbia advisory board South Carolina. National Bank.

Achievements

• Charles Wilson Knowlton has been listed as a reputable Lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Warden, vestryman Trinity Episcopal Church, 1964-1969. Member Zoning Board, Columbia, 1955-1965. President United Way of Midland, 1977, also board directors, committee chairman.

Former president Crippled Childrens Association. Former president, board directors University of Southern California Ednl. Foundation; board directors Columbia Urban League, Central Carolina Foundation.

Member of advisory board Providence Hospital, University of Southern California Law School Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946, 51-52. Member International Bar Association, American Bar Association (banking law committee), South Carolina. Bar Association (former chairman, member Executive Committee, former Chairman of Commission on ethics and professional responsibility, DuRant award for Distinguished Public Service), Richland County Bar Association (former president), American College Probate Counsel, American Judicature Society, American Law Institute, South Carolina.

Law Institute, United States Judicial Conference 4th Circuit, Forest Lake Club, Palmetto Club (former director), Columbia Ball Club (former president), Tarantella Club (former president), Kosmos, The Forum, Phi Beta Kappa. M C.

Connections

Married Mildred Yates Brown, April 9, 1949. Children: Charles Wilson, Mildred Yates, Robert Yates, Frank Burkhead.

Father:

Benjamin Almy Knowlton

Mother:

Alice Elizabeth (Wilson) Knowlton

Spouse:

Mildred Yates Brown

child:

Charles Wilson Knowlton

child:

Robert Yates Knowlton

child:

Frank Burkhead Knowlton

child:

Mildred Yates Knowlton