Edgar Allen Allen Prichard

Background

Prichard, Edgar Allen was born on March 6, 1920 in Brockton, Montana, United States. Son of Clifford B. and Helen (Ouwersloat) Prichard.

Education

University of Oklahoma. University of Virginia (Bachelor of Laws, 1948). Order of the Coif. Member, Raven Society.

Member, Board of Editors, Virginia Law Review, 1947-1948. Mayor, City of Fairfax, 1964-1968. Rector, George Mason University, since 1988.

Member, Fourth Judicial Conference.

Career

Worked at McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe, L.L.P. (Richmond, Virginia) specializing in General Practice. Admitted to the bar, 1947, Virginia. 1970, District of Columbia.

Lambda Alpha; Lambda Chi Alpha. Order of the Coif. Member, Board of Editors, Virginia Law Review, 1947-1948. Mayor, 1964-1968 and Member, City Council, 1953-1964, City of Fairfax.

Member, Virginia State Board of Elections, 1972-1976. Member, Board of Visitors, 1981-1991 and Rector, 1988-1991, George Mason University. Member: Urban Land Institute.

American Law Institute. (Resident, McLean (Tysons Corner) Office). McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe, L.L.P. is among the largest law firms in the United States.

From its locations in Alexandria, Baltimore, Charlottesville, Jacksonville, Norfolk, Richmond, Tysons Corner, Washington, D.C., Almaty, Republic of Kazakstan, Moscow, Russia, Brussels, Belgium, and Zurich, Switzerland, the firm serves the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast region and other United States. and foreign corporate centers. This concentration of lawyers in one of the fastest growing, most populous areas of the nation, coupled with a long tradition of excellence and individual attention, distinguishes the firm from most others.

Membership

Member general board National Council Churches, 1966-1972. Councilman City of Fairfax, 1953-1964, mayor, 1964-1968. Chairman Fairfax Democratic Committee, 1962-1964, 69-72.

Member Virginia Board Elections, 1970-1975. Member Lynch Foundation, president, 1981-1982. Trustee Trinity Episcopal School Ministry, 1977-2000, chairman, 1985-1995.

Board visitors George Mason University, 1982-1991, rector, 1988-1991. Chairman Fairfax Parking Authority, 1991-1995. Member board Fairfax Economic Development Authority.

Member George Mason University Foundation, president, 1971-1972. Fellow American Bar Association, Virginia Bar Association. Member Fairfax Bar Association (president 1964-1965), Virginia State Bar (vice president 1969), American Law Institute, Diosesan Missionary Society Virginia (president 1986-1988), Urban Land Institute, 4th Circuit Judicial Conference, Order of Coif, Raven Society, Fairfax Racquet Club, Inc.

(chairman), Fairfax Country Club, Special Forces Club (London), Lambda Alpha, Lambda Chi Alpha.

Connections

Married Nancy M. McCandlish, April 7, 1945. Children: Helen Montague (Mistress Thomas C. Foster), Robert Walton, Thomas Morgan.

Father:

Clifford B. Prichard

Mother:

Helen (Ouwersloat) Prichard

Spouse:

Nancy M. McCandlish

child:

Robert Walton Prichard

child:

Helen Montague Prichard (Mistress Thomas C. Foster)

child:

Thomas Morgan Prichard