Jack Newton Hays

Background

Hays, Jack Newton was born on May 3, 1917 in Pryor, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Jack N. and Audrey (Moore) Hays.

Education

Bachelor of Arts with honors, U. Tulsa, 1938. Juris Doctor with distinction, George Washington University, 1942.

Career

Editor-writer NYA, 1938-1942. Admitted to Oklahoma and District of Columbia bars, 1942. Law clerk United States District Court, Tulsa, 1946.

Member of faculty U. Tulsa, 1946-1954, associate professor business law, head department, 1950-1954. General practice, Tulsa, 1946-1970. Partner firm Gable, Gotwals, Hays, Rubin & Fox, 1951-1970.

General counsel, director Kin-Ark Oil Corporation, Tulsa, 1963-1970. Co-director Modern Court Justices for Oklahoma, 1962. Panel participant conferences judicial improvement and reform, Colorado, 1963, Texas, 1964, Missouri, 1965, 68, Montana, 1966, Arizona, 1967, Kentucky, 1968.

Co-chairman professor division Tulsa Committee Chest, 1962. Executive Board Indian Nations council Boy Scouts American, 1962-1970. Counsel, director Miss Oklahoma Pag., 1963-1970.

Trustee Oklahoma Bar Foundation. Secretary, director St. Simeon’s Home Aged, Tulsa, 1959-1961. Board directors Friends of Library, Tulsa, 1957-1970.

Membership

Served to Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1945. Fellow American College Trial Lawyers. Member American (house delegations 1961-1963), Oklahoma (president 1962), Tulsa County (president 1958) bar associations, Federation Insurance Counsel, American Judicature Society (director.

Clubs: Rotary (secretary 1959, director 1964-1965), Tulsa, Tulsa Country, Tulsa Petroleum.

Connections

Married Yvonne Webb, September 10, 1940. Children: Jackson Newton, Richard Henry.

Father:

Jack N. Hays

Mother:

Audrey (Moore) Hays

Spouse:

Yvonne Webb

child:

Richard Henry Hays

child:

Jackson Newton Hays