Background
Helme, Donald Wade was born on February 18, 1939 in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Wade Hampton and Edith Belle (Watkins) Helme.
Helme, Donald Wade was born on February 18, 1939 in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Wade Hampton and Edith Belle (Watkins) Helme.
Student, University Tennessee, 1957—1960. Juris Doctor, Woodrow Wilson College Law, 1964. Master of Laws, John Marshall University, 1965.
Vice president Phipps-Harrington Corporation, Atlanta, 1964—1971. President Helme Homes Inc., 1971—1973. Vice president Commonwealth Mortgage Corporation, Richmond, Virginia, 1973—1975, American Century Advisers, Inc., Jacksonville, Florida, 1976—1978, president, chief operating officer, 1980—1983, also director.
Senior vice president, director American Century Corporation, San Antonio. Director, vice president, vice chairman American Century Trust. Vice president Atlantic National Bank Florida, Jacksonville, since 1983.
With United States Army, 1960-1963.
Member of Florida Home Builders Association, Mortgage Bankers Association American, Florida Mortgage Brokers Association, University (Jacksonville), Sawgrass (Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida), River, Sigma Delta Kappa, Kappa Sigma.
Married Karen Durisch, August 6, 1961. Children: Karen E., Courtney L., Donald Wade.