George Mathews Marks Hopkins

Background

Hopkins, George Mathews Marks was born on June 9, 1923 in Houston, Texas, United States. Son of C. Allen and Agnes Cary (Marks) Hopkins.

Education

Student, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1944. Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, Alabama Polytechnic Institute, 1944. Bachelor of Laws, Juris Doctor, University Alabama, 1949.

Postgraduate, George Washington University, 1950.

Career

Instructor mathematics, U. Alabama, 1947-1949; associate, A. Yates Dowell, Washington, 1949-1950; associate, Edward T. Newton, Atlanta, 1950-1962; partner, Newton, Hopkins and Ormsby (and predecessor), Atlanta, 1962-1987; senior partner, Hunt, Richardson, Garner, Todd & Cadenhead, Atlanta, 1987-1991; partner, Hopkins & Thomas, 1991-1995; retired, 1996; special assistant attorney general, State of Georgia, 1978; Chairman of the Board, Southeastern Carpet Mills, Inc., Chatsworth, Georgia, 1962-1977; Chairman of the Board, Thomas-Daniel & Associations, Inc., 1981-1985; Chairman of the Board, Eastern Carpet Mills, Inc., 1983-1987; Chief Executive Officer,, Airamar Chemical Engineering, Inc., Doraville, Georgia, since 1997. Assistant director research, legal counsel Auburn (Alabama) Research Foundation, 1954-1955. Special assistant attorney general State of Georgia, 1978.

Chairman of the Board S.E. Carpet Mills, Inc., Chatsworth, Georgia, 1962-1977, Thomas-Daniel & Associations, Inc., 1981-1985, Eastern Carpet Mills, Inc. Director Xepol Inc.

Achievements

• George Mathews Marks Hopkins has been listed as a reputable lawyer, engineering executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served as lieutenant, navigator, Submarine Service United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1946, 50-51. Member American Bar Association, Georgia Bar Association (chairman section patents 1970-1971), Atlanta Bar Association, American Intellectual Property Law Association, American Society Professional Engineers, Submarine Veterans World World War II (president Georgia chapter 1977-1978), Phi Delta Phi, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Atlanta Lawyers Club, Phoenix Society, Cherokee Town and Country Club, AtlantaSoc.

Connections

Married Betty Miller McLean, August 21, 1954. Children: Laura Hopkins Corrigan, Edith Hopkins Collins.

Father:

C. Allen Hopkins

Mother:

Agnes Cary (Marks) Hopkins

Spouse:

Betty Miller McLean

child:

Laura Hopkins Corrigan Hopkins

child:

Edith Hopkins Collins Hopkins