Background
Sims, John William was born on March 25, 1917 in Vicksburg, Mississippi, United States. Son of John Ernest and Helen Ross (Moore) Sims.
Sims, John William was born on March 25, 1917 in Vicksburg, Mississippi, United States. Son of John Ernest and Helen Ross (Moore) Sims.
Bachelor, Tulane University, 1937. Bachelor of Laws, Tulane University, 1939.
Of counsel Phelps Dunbar. Member permanent advisory board-planning committee Admiralty Law Institute, Tulane University, New Orleans, from 1966, chairman, 1985-1991, adjunct professor law, 1981-1995. 1st chairman United States Coast Guard Lower Mississippi River Waterway Safety Advisory Committee, chair, 1983-1994.
Associate editor American Maritime Cases, 1974-1996. Member editorial board Lloyd's Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly, 1984-1992. Member board advisory editors Tulane Law Review, 1985-1993, Maritime Advisor-Court Case Digest, 1985-1996.Contributor articles to professional journals.
Trustee Gulf South Research Institute, 1965-1968, Children's Hospital, 1975-1978. Board directors Council for Better Louisiana, Bureau Government Research, 1973-1984, United States Coast Guard Foundation, 1986-1991, Louisiana World Exposition, Inc., 1980-1984, World Trade Center, since 1985. Board directors, vice president New Orleans Opera Association, 1974-1993.
Member men's advisory board Christian Woman's Exchange Lt United States Coast Guard Reserve, 1942-1945. Fellow American College Trial Lawyers. Member American, Louisiana (past secretary-treasurer), New Orleans Bar associations, Maritime Law Association United States (Second vice president 1976-1978, 1st vice president 1978-1980, president 1980-1982, committee Supreme Court admiralty rules 1963-1969, committee limitation of liability 1963-1996, committee Comite Maritime International 1965-1980, committee uniformity admiralty law 1975-1992, committee liquified natural gas transportation 1978-1980, delegate Comite Maritime International convention New York City 1965, Rio de Janeiro, 1977, Montreal, 1981, advisory consultant Hamburg 1974, titular member Comite Maritime International since 1979, delegate Comite Maritime International Lisbon Convention, 1985), Sons of the American Revolution, Society Colonial Wars, Order of Coif, Phi Beta Kappa, Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Delta Theta, Phi Delta Phi.
Clubs: Boston, Louisiana.
Married Marie Elise Hebert, September 28, 1940. 1 daughter, Helen Moore.