Background
Poteat, James Douglass was born on April 14, 1903 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Edwin McNeill and Harriet Hale (Gordon) P.: Bachelor of Arts, Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina., 1923.
Poteat, James Douglass was born on April 14, 1903 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Edwin McNeill and Harriet Hale (Gordon) P.: Bachelor of Arts, Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina., 1923.
Bachelor of Laws, 1926. Juris Scientiae Doctor, Yale University, 1933.
Admitted to South Carolina. bar, 1926, North Carolina bar, 1937. Practice as associate firm, Haynsworth & Haynsworth, Greenville, South Carolina., 1926-1930. Member Nettles & Poteat, Greenville, 1933-1936.
Associate professor of law, Furman University, 1929-1930, professor, 1930-1932.
Professor of law, Duke University, 1936-1916 on leave, 1942-1946. Visiting professor, University of North Carolina, summer, 1940.
University of California, 1941. Assistant general counsel Board Economy Warfare Foreign Economics Administration, Washington, District of Columbia.
Director foreign service personnel, Deputy Minister Economics Warfare Division, United States embassy: special assistant to United States Ambassador, London, England., 1942-1945.
Deputy commissioner, American Red Cross, Pacific Ocean Areas, Headquarters, Hawaii. Executive vice chairman American Red Cross, 1945-1946. Executive vice president American Cancer Cociety, 1946.
Through Covenant each individual accepts the relationship with God. lieutenant is not about acquiring a relationship with God, but living within the loving relationship that God has already offered.
Member North Carolina bar association, Phi Delta Phi, Kappa Alpha.
Married Mary West. Lawton, February 21, 1924. Children: Thomas Lawton, James Douglass, Junior.