Background
Baxter, Harry Stevens was born on August 25, 1915 in Ashburn, Georgia, United States. Son of James Hubert and Anna (Stevens) Baxter.
Baxter, Harry Stevens was born on August 25, 1915 in Ashburn, Georgia, United States. Son of James Hubert and Anna (Stevens) Baxter.
Bachelor of Arts summa cum laude, U. Georgia, 1936; Bachelor of Laws summa cum laude, U. Georgia, 1939; postgraduate, Yale University, 1939-1940.
Instructor, U. Georgia Law School, Athens, 1941;
associate, Smith Kilpatrick Cody Rogers & McClatchey, Atlanta, 1942-1951;
partner, Kilpatrick & Cody, Atlanta, 1951-1986;
of counsel, Kilpatrick & Cody, Atlanta, since 1986. Member State Board Bar Examiners Georgia, 1960-1966. Chairman State Board Bar Examiners, 1961-1966.
Member Georgia Jud Qualifications Commission, 1979-1986, chairman, 1984-1986.
President Atlanta Community Chest, 1963. Member board visitors University Georgia Law School, 1965-1968, chairman, 1965-1966, chairman alumni advisory committee on reorganization, 1963-1964. Chairman chancellor's alumni advisory committee on selection of president University Georgia, 1966-1967.
General co-chairman Joint Georgia Technology-Georgia Development Fund, 1967. Trustee University Georgia Foundation, chairman, 1973-1976. Former William E. Honey Foundation, St. Joseph's Hospital, Atlanta, 1976-1984.
Served with Army of the United States, 1942-1945. Fellow American Bar Foundation. Member American Bar Association, Georgia Bar Association, Atlanta Bar Association, American Law Institute, Atlanta Chamber C. (director 1959-1962), Atlanta Legal Aid Society (president 1956-1957), Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Beta Kappa Associates, Phi Kappa Phi, Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Delta Phi Clubs: Capital City (president 1965-1967), Lawyers (president 1958-1959), Piedmont Driving, Commerce, University Yacht.
Married Edith Ann Teasley, April 4, 1943. Children: Anna Katherine Baxter Worley (deceased), Nancy Julia.