James Dupre Sumner

Background

Sumner,, James Dupre was born on November 30, 1919 in Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States. Son of James DuPre and Frances Grace (Harris) Sumner.

Education

AB, Wofford College, 1941. Bachelor of Laws, University Virginia, 1949. Master of Laws, Yale University, 1952.

Doctor of Juridical Science, Yale University, 1955.

Career

Practice law, Los Angeles, 1957—1999. Instructor law University South Carolina, 1949-1952. Associate professor University of California at Los Angeles, 1952-1955, professor, 1955—1989.

Distinguished visiting professor Instituto Luigi Sturzo, Rome, 1959. Visiting professor University Texas, 1962, University Southern California, 1971. Lecturer California Bar Review.

Achievements

• Bar: Virginia 1948, California 1957.

Politics

Church should build bridges with political institutions through organizing ecumenical delegations to the party conferences.

Views

The very idea that one gender is superior to another should be rejected as well as the erroneous notion that members of one gender may receive love, power, and esteem only at the expense of another.

Membership

Lieutenant colonel infantry Army of the United States, 1941-1946, European Theatre of Operations. Member of Bel Air Association (board directors), Rotary (president Westwood Village chapter), Westwood Village Bar Association (president), Virginia Bar Association, California Bar Association, Sertoma, Westwood Village Sertome Club, Braemar Country Club, Los Angeles Country Club.

Connections

Married Evvie Lucille Beach, April 1, 1945 (deceased). Children: Chery Erline (Mistress Horacek), James DuPre III. Married Doris Kaiser Malloy, October 20, 1972.

Children: John L. Malloy III, Mary Margaret Malloy, Kenneth S. Malloy, James M. Malloy.

Father:

James DuPre Sumner,

Mother:

Frances Grace (Harris) Sumner,

Spouse:

Doris Kaiser Malloy

Spouse:

Evvie Lucille Beach

child:

James DuPre III Sumner,

child:

James M. Malloy Sumner,

child:

Chery Erline Sumner, (Mistress Horacek)

child:

Kenneth S. Malloy Sumner,

child:

Mary Margaret Malloy Sumner,

child:

John L. Malloy III Sumner,