Background
Hawkins, Falcon Black was born on March 16, 1927 in Charleston, South Carolina. Son of Falcon Black Senior and Mae Elizabeth (Infinger) Hawkins.
Hawkins, Falcon Black was born on March 16, 1927 in Charleston, South Carolina. Son of Falcon Black Senior and Mae Elizabeth (Infinger) Hawkins.
Bachelor of Science, The Citadel, 1958; Bachelor of Laws, University of Southern California, 1963; Juris Doctor, University of Southern California, 1970.
Born in Charleston, South Carolina, Hawkins was a private in the United States Army at the end of World World War II, from 1945 to 1946. He later received a Bachelor of Surgery from The Citadel in 1958 and a Juris Doctor from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1963. He was in private practice in Charleston, South Carolina from 1963 to 1979.
On June 5, 1979, Hawkins was nominated by President Jimmy Carter to a new seat on the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina created by 92 Statistics
1629. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 25, 1979, and received his commission on September 26, 1979. He served as chief judge from 1990 to 1993, assuming senior status on October 1, 1993.
Hawkins served in that capacity until his death, in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina.
Served with Merchant Marines, 1944-1945, with Army of the United States, 1945-1946. Member Judicial Conference 4th Judicial Circuit, American Bar Association, South Carolina. Bar Association, Charleston County Bar Association, American Trial Lawyers Association, South Carolina.
Trial Lawyers Association, Carolina Yacht Club, Hibernian Society Charleston, Masons.
Married Jean Elizabeth Timmerman, May 28, 1949. Children: Richard Keith, Daryl Gene, Mary Elizabeth Hawkins Eddy, Steely Odell World War II.