Background
Hawkins, Horace Norman was born on February 19, 1867 in in Dickson County, Tennessee, United States. Son of Ashton W. and Sarah Ann (May) Hawkins.
Hawkins, Horace Norman was born on February 19, 1867 in in Dickson County, Tennessee, United States. Son of Ashton W. and Sarah Ann (May) Hawkins.
Bachelor of Laws, Vanderbilt, 1893.
Practiced at Huntingdon, Tennessee, 1888-1892. Moved to Denver, Colorado, 1893. In office of Honorary T. M. Patterson (later United States Senator), 1893-1895.
Member Patterson, Richardson & Hawkins, 1895-1903, Richardson & Hawkins, 1903 until death of Mr.
Richardson, 1911; practiced in association with son, Horace North., since 1925. Lecturer Westminster Law School since 1928, president since 1940.
Special representative 1941, acting as hearing officer for Department of Justice regarding pleas for exemption from military service on grounds of conscientious scruples.
Member Colorado Bar Examining Board, 1902-1905, Civil Service Board, 1911-1913. Member Colorado State Council Defense during World War, also. Member City Council, Denver, 1918, 19.
Member advisory board, University of Colorado.
Member American and Colorado bar associations, Denver Bar Association (president 1908), Phi Delta Theta. Delaware to Democratic National Convention, San Francisco, 1920, and
Club: Denver.
Married Frances Rubin, May 14, 1896 (died February 27, 1913). Children: Mary O’Neil, Margaret Marsh, Frances Rubin, Horace Norman, Agnes Luten.