DeWitt Carlisle Black

Background

Black, DeWitt Carlisle was born on August 17, 1930 in Clarksdale, Mississippi, United States. Son of DeWitt Carlisle Senior and Alice Lucille (Hammond) Black.

Education

Bachelor, Mississippi College, 1951; Bachelor of Laws, Mississippi College, 1963; Master of Public Administration, Princeton University, 1953; Master of Laws in Taxation, New York University, 1965.

Career

Research assistant, Public Affairs Research Council, Baton Rouge, 1956-1957; assistant manager, director research, Mississippi Economics Council, Jackson, 1957-1964; partner, Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens & Cannada, Jackson, 1965-1998; of counsel, Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens & Cannada, Jackson, since 1999. Chair Mississippi Tax Institute, Jackson, 1987.

Achievements

• DeWitt Carlisle Black has been listed as a reputable Lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Treasurer New Stage Theatre, Jackson, 1965-1969. President Mississippi Symphony Orchestra Association, Jackson, 1985-1986, Mississippi Symphony Foundation, Jackson, 1989-1992. Corporal United States Army, 1953-1955.

Fellow American College Tax Counsel. Member Mississippi Bar Association (chair tax section 1989-1990), University Club, River Hills Club.

Interests

• Avocations: fishing, reading.

Connections

Married Ruth Buck Wallace, June 6, 1970. Children: Elizabeth B. Smithson, D. Carl Black III.

Father:

DeWitt Carlisle Senior Black

Mother:

Alice Lucille (Hammond) Black

Spouse:

Ruth Buck Wallace

child:

D. Carl Black III Black

child:

Elizabeth B. Smithson Black