Francis Nelson Crenshaw

Background

Crenshaw, Francis Nelson was born on December 9, 1922 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Russell Sydnor and Sally Nelson (Robins) Crenshaw.

Education

St. George’s School; University of Virginia (Bachelor of Arts, 1942. Bachelor of Laws, 1948). Phi Alpha Delta. Member, Virginia Board of Bar Examiners, since 1973.

President, since 1983.

Career

Partner Baird, White & Lanning, Norfolk, 1952-1955, Baird, Crenshaw & Lanning, Norfolk, 1955-1960, Baird, Crenshaw & Ware, Norfolk, 1960-1968, Crenshaw, Ware & Johnson, Norfolk, 1968-1989, Crenshaw, Ware & Martin, Norfolk, 1989-1999. Retired, 1999

Member Virginia Board Bar Examiners, 1973-1990, president, 1983-1990.

Achievements

• Bar: Virginia 1948.

Membership

Member Norfolk City School Board, 1955-1964, chairman, 1962-1964. Board visitors Old Dominion University, 1968-1976, rector, 1972-1976. Member board commissioners, Eastern Virginia Medical Authority, 1966-1968.

Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946. Fellow American Bar Association, Virginia Law Foundation. Member Virginia Bar Association (chairman executive committee 1988-1989), Virginia State Bar (chairman senior lawyers section 1998-1999.

Editor senior lawyers newsletter 1999-2002), Norfolk-Portsmouth Bar Association (president 1967), Maritime Law Association.

Connections

Married Jane Elizabeth Treadwell, August 20, 1949 (deceased June 1993). Children: Elizabeth, Page, Marian. Married Anne Alfriend Abbitt, July 12, 1997.

Father:

Russell Sydnor Crenshaw

Mother:

Sally Nelson (Robins) Crenshaw

Spouse:

Jane Elizabeth Treadwell

Spouse:

Anne Alfriend Abbitt

child:

Elizabeth Crenshaw

child:

Page Crenshaw

child:

Marian Crenshaw