Background
Fordyce, Edward Winfield was born on September 23, 1941 in St. Louis. Son of Edward Winfield and Jane Fordyce.
Fordyce, Edward Winfield was born on September 23, 1941 in St. Louis. Son of Edward Winfield and Jane Fordyce.
AB cum laude, Harvard University, 1963; Bachelor of Laws, University of Virginia, 1966.
Associate, Dechert, Price & Rhoads, Philadelphia, 1966-1967; attorney, Monsanto Company, St. Louis, 1967-1970; assistant to president, New England Mutual Life Insurance Company, Boston, 1970-1971; associate, partner, Fordyce and Mayne, St. Louis, 1971-1975; Corporate Counsel, National Gypsum Company, Dallas, 1975-1976; senior division counsel, National Gypsum Company, Dallas, 1976-1977; assistant general counsel, National Gypsum Company, Dallas, 1977-1979; vice president, general counsel, National Gypsum Company, Dallas, 1979-1988; of counsel, Ray, Trotti, Hemphill & Finfrock, Dallas, 1988-1989; vice president, general counsel, Lennox International Inc., Dallas, 1989-1991; vice president, general counsel, secretary, Eljer Industries, Inc., Dallas, 1992-1994.
Chairman trustees Parish Day School, 1980-1981. Member American Bar Association, Dallas Bar Association.
Married Nancy Cairns Abbott, June 13, 1964 (divorced 1992). Children: Edward Winfield III, Douglas A., Russell S. Married Marianne Max Beckham, July 4, 1993 (deceased 1993).
Married Martha Dorie Richardson, June 25, 1994. Stepchildren: Dorie Elizabeth Richardson, J. B. Richardson.