Background
Carlyle, Irving Edward was born on September 20, 1896 in Wake Forest, North Carolina, United States. Son of John Bethune and Dora (Dunn) Carlyle.
Carlyle, Irving Edward was born on September 20, 1896 in Wake Forest, North Carolina, United States. Son of John Bethune and Dora (Dunn) Carlyle.
Bachelor of Arts, Wake Forest College, 1917, student law school, 1920, Doctor of Laws, 1953. Student of University of Virginia, 1920-1922. Doctor of Laws, University of North Carolina, 1968.
Admitted North Carolina bar, 1920. Practiced law, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1922-1971. Associated with firm Manly, Hendren & Womble, 1923-1971.
Becoming partner and remaining as partner in firm under present name, Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice.
Served as Second lieutenant, Field Artillery, United States Army, World War I. State representative North Carolina, 1941, 43, 45, 51. Member North Carolina Advisory Budget Commission, 1945-1946, Board Law Examiners, 1936-1949. Member North Carolina State Constitutional Study Commission, 1968.
Trustee Wake Forest University (president 1946-1965), Goucher College, East Carolina U. Member American, North Carolina (president), Forsyth County (president) bar associations, American Judicature Society (member southern regional council), Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Psi, Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Delta Phi. Clubs: Torch, Forsyth Country (Winston-Salem).
Married Mary Belo Moore, October 20, 1928. Children: Elizabeth (Mistress Robert D. Byerly, Junior.