Background
Dumas, Lawrence was born on October 12, 1908 in Talladega, Alabama, United States. Son of William Lawrence and Mary (Hicks) Dumas.
Dumas, Lawrence was born on October 12, 1908 in Talladega, Alabama, United States. Son of William Lawrence and Mary (Hicks) Dumas.
Bachelor of Arts summa cum laude, Davidson College, 1929. Juris Doctor, Harvard University, 1932. Master of Laws, George Washington University, 1933.
Juris Doctor, Georgetown University,1935.
Admitted to Alabama bar,1932, District of Columbia Bar, 1933. Attorney Federal Farm Board and Public Works Administration, 1932-1936. Practicein Birmingham, Alabama, 1936-1943, 44—.
Attorney Office of Price Administration, assistant United State Attorneys, 1943-1944.
Member firm Cabaniss, Johnston, Gardner, Dumas & O"Neal. Member Alabama Constitution Commission, 1970-1977.
Member Industrial Securities Advisory Council, 1975-1978. Member Alabama House of Representatives, 1947-1955, Alabama Senate, 1959-1966.
Chairman Alabama Legislation Council, 1955, 63.
Chairman advisory board local Salvation Army. Trustee Carraway Methodist Medical Center.
Chairman advisory board local Salvation Army. Trustee Carraway Methodist Medical Center. Member of Birmingham Bar.
Association (official board), Alabama Bar. Association, American Bar. Association (Alabama chairman junior bar conference 1947), Alabama Bar Foundation, American Judicature Society, Birmingham Exchange Club (president 1958-1959), Shriners Club (potentate Zamora temple 1967), Masons Club.
Married Donald Berry, December 4, 1940. Children: Mary Aleta Dumas Schanbacher, Lawrence, William Berry, John Hicks.