Background
Gilmer, Howard Cecil was born on December 27, 1906 in Pulaski, Virginia, United States. Son of Howard Cecil and Lila (Saul) Gilmer.
Gilmer, Howard Cecil was born on December 27, 1906 in Pulaski, Virginia, United States. Son of Howard Cecil and Lila (Saul) Gilmer.
Bachelor of Arts, Hampden-Sydney College, 1928. French studies, U. Poitiers (France), 1925. Bachelor of Laws, University Virginia, 1931.
Senate, 1919; admitted to Virginia bar, 1930, Supreme Court of the United States Court Barometer Practiced in Pulaski, 1930-1975, member firm Gilmer, Sadler, Ingram, Sutherland & Hutton. Assistant United State Attorneys for Western District Virginia, 1934-1946, acting United State Attorneys, 1946-1948, United State Attorneys, 1948-1953.
Director and counsel Virginia National Bank, First Federal Savings & Loan Association, Virginia Maid Hosiery Mills.
Member judicial conference United States Fourth Circuit Vice chairman Virginia Council Higher Education, 1956-1966. Fellow American College Trial Lawyers. Member American, Virginia (president 1944-1946), West Virginia (honorary), Pulaski County Bar Associations, Phi Beta Kappa, Pi Kappa Alpha, Omicron Delta Kappa.
Married Mary Berkeley Cosby, July 28, 1931. Children: Berkeley (Mistress R.W. MacAdoo), Sally Lou (Mistress Community College Hundley), Betsy (Mistress David Brown), Page Virginia.
