Joe Hardeman Foy

Background

Foy, Joe Hardeman was born on August 16, 1926 in Henderson, Tennessee, United States. Son of C.M. and Carrie (Hardeman) Foy.

Education

Freed Hardeman College. Georgia Institute of Technology. Vanderbilt University (Bachelor of Arts, 1948.

Juris Doctor, 1950).

Phi Delta Phi. Order of the Coif. Omicron Delta Kappa. Tau Beta Pi. Member, Vanderbilt Law Review, 1949-1950.

Career

Worked at Bracewell & Patterson, Limited liability partnership (Houston, Texas) specializing in Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1950, Tennessee and Texas. Phi Delta Phi; Order of the Coif.

Omicron Delta Kappa.

Tau Beta Pi. Member, Vanderbilt Law Review, 1949-1950. Author: "Cost Adjustment in Utility Rate Schedules," 13 Vanderbilt Law Review 663, 1960.

"Federal Regulation of Independent Natural Gas Producers—An Adventure in Pragmatism," 21 Vanderbilt Law Review 1, 1969. City Attorney, San Angelo, Texas, 1951-1953.

Member: Houston and American Bar Associations.

State Bar of Texas (Chairman, Committee on Laws Pertaining to Pollution, 1969-1970). American Bar Foundation. Texas Bar Foundation (Charter Fellow).

Houston Bar Foundation.

Achievements

• Joe H. Foy has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.

Membership

President Houston Opera Association, 1971-1973, chairman, 1973-1975. Chairman Houston American Revolution Bicentennial Commission. Member school board San Angelo, 1961-1964, president, 1964-1965.

Member city council, Bunker Hill Village, Texas, 1967-1971. Board directors Texas Turnpike Authority, 1971-1983, vice chairman 1976-1983. Trustee Freed- Hardeman College Ensign United States Naval Reserve, 1945-1948.

Fellow American Bar Foundation, Texas Bar Foundation (charter). Member American Bar Association, Harris County Bar Association, Texas Bar Association, Houston Chamber of Commerce C. (director 1977-1983, chairman aviation committee 1978-1982), Order of Coif, Tau Beta Pi, Alpha Tau Omega, Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Delta Phi.

Connections

Married Martha Lowe Overall, May 28, 1949. Children: Joe Hardeman, Melissa Haynes.

Father:

C.M. Foy

Mother:

Carrie (Hardeman) Foy

Spouse:

Martha Lowe Overall

child:

Joe Hardeman Foy

child:

Melissa Haynes Foy