Background
Farris, Frank Mitchell was born on September 29, 1915 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Frank M. and Mary (Lellyett) Farris.
Farris, Frank Mitchell was born on September 29, 1915 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Frank M. and Mary (Lellyett) Farris.
Vanderbilt University (Bachelor of Arts!, 1937, Omicron Delta Kappa). New York Law School. Phi Delta Phi.
Bar: Tennessee, 1939, United States Tax Court, 1948, Supreme Court of the United States Court, 1968. Conciliation commissioner in bankruptcy United States District Court Middle District Tennessee, 1940-1942. Partner Farris, Warfield & Kanaday, and predecessors, Nashville, 1946-1998.
General.counsel, trustee George Peabody College for Teachers, 1968-1979.
Counsel 3d National Corporation, Nashville, Cherokee Equity Corporation, Nashville. Commissioner Watkins Institute, Nashville, 1953-1995.
Trustee Vanderbilt University, since 1979. Chairman of the Board Oak Hill School, Nashville, 1968-1974, 80-81.
Member American Bar Association, Tennessee Bar Association, Nashville Bar Association.
Married Genevieve Baird, June 7, 1941.