Daniel Thompson McCall

Background

McCall, Daniel Thompson was born on March 12, 1909 in Butler, Alabama, United States. Son of Daniel Thompson and Caroline Winston (Bush) McCall.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Alabama, 1931; Bachelor of Laws, University Alabama, 1933; honorary Doctor of Laws, U. Alabama, 1981.

Career

Practice law, Mobile, 1933-1960; partner, Johnston, McCall & Johnston, 1943-1960; circuit judge, Mobile County, 1960-1969; associate justice, Supreme Court Alabama, 1969-1975. Director Title Insurance Company, 1959-1969. President Junior Bar Alabama, 1937.

Achievements

• Bar: Alabama 1933, Supreme Court of the United States Court 1960.

Membership

Elected to Mobile County Board School commissioner, 1950-1956, 58-60. Co-founder, trustee Julius T. Wright School Girls, 1953-1963. Director U. Alabama Law Sch.Found., Alabama Bar.

Commissioners, 1957-1960. Trustee U. Alabama, 1965-1979, national alumni president, 1963, president Mobile chapter, 1961, Distinguished Alumnus award, 1995. Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, World World War World War II.

Member American Bar Association, Alabama Bar Association (grievance committee 1954-1957), Mobile Bar Association (president 1953), American Judicature Society, Farrah Law Society (charter), Cumberland Law School Order Jurisprudence, Institute Judicial Administration, National Trust History Preservation, History Mobile Preservation Society, Navy League United States (co-founder, president Mobile chapter 1963-1965), American Legion, Alabama History Society, Reserve Officer's Association United States, 40 and 8, U. Tuscaloosa Club, Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Delta Phi, Sigma Nu.

Connections

Married Mary Edna Montgomery, April 3, 1937. Children: Mary Winston McCall Laseter, Daniel Thompson III, Nancy McCall Poynor.

Father:

Daniel Thompson McCall

Mother:

Caroline Winston (Bush) McCall

Spouse:

Mary Edna Montgomery

child:

Daniel Thompson III McCall

child:

Mary Winston McCall Laseter McCall

child:

Nancy McCall Poynor McCall