Background
Payne, Leon Mather was born on June 3, 1915 in Pittsburgh. Son of Leon Frank and Sarah Brownson (Mather) Payne.
Payne, Leon Mather was born on June 3, 1915 in Pittsburgh. Son of Leon Frank and Sarah Brownson (Mather) Payne.
Bachelor of Arts cum laude, Brown University, 1936. Bachelor of Laws, University Texas, 1939.
General counsel secretary, director Florida Gas Transmission Company, Florida Gas Company. Director El Paso Natural Gas Company, El Paso Products Company, Wilson Industries, Incorporated. Advisory director Museum of Fine Arts.
Trustee emeritus Brown U.
Served as major United States Army Air Force, 1942-1945. Member American, Federal Power, Houston bar associations, State Bar Texas, American Judicature Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Delta Phi.
Married Carolyn Lelia Wilson, 1951. Children: Leon Mather, Miriam Wilson.