Background
Donelson, Lewis R. was born on October 9, 1917 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States.
Donelson, Lewis R. was born on October 9, 1917 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States.
Southwestern at Memphis (Bachelor of Arts, with distinction in Political Science, 1938). Georgetown Univeristy Law Center (Bachelor of Laws, 1941). Member, Board of Trustees: Southwestern University, 1958-1968.
Memphis Theological Seminary, since 1978.
Memphis City Councilman, 1968-1972. Delegate Tennessee Constitutional Convention, 1971.
Commissioner, Finance and Administration, State of Tennessee, 1979-1981.
Worked at Baker, Donelson, Bearman & Caldwell (Knoxville, Tennessee) specializing in Tax, Corporate. Admitted to the bar, 1940, Tennessee. 1941, District of Columbia.
Member, Board of Trustees: Southwestern University, 1958-1968.
Memphis Theological Seminary, 1978-1989. Memphis City Councilman, 1968-1972.
Delegate Tennessee Constitutional Convention, 1971. Commissioner, Finance and Administration, State of Tennessee, 1979-1981.
Member, Board of Directors, Tennessee Business Roundtable, 1995.
Chairman, Health Industries Council, 1990. Member: Executive Committee, Tennessee President"s Trust, 1993. Advisory Committee, Private Investment Consortium, 1993.
Director, Saint Jude"s Children Research Hospital, 1986.
Chairman of the Board, Memphis Regional Medical Center, 1996. Member, Tennessee Higher Education Commission, 1981-1990.
Member: Memphis, Tennessee and American (Member, Taxation Section) Bar Associations. District of Columbia Bar.
Fellow, Tennessee Bar Association.
(Also at Washington, District of Columbia, Chattanooga, Huntsville, Johnson City, Memphis and Nashville Offices).
Member, Board of Trustees: Southwestern University, 1958-1968. Memphis Theological Seminary, 1978-1989. Memphis City Councilman, 1968-1972.
Delegate Tennessee Constitutional Convention, 1971.
Commissioner, Finance and Administration, State of Tennessee, 1979-1981. Member, Board of Directors, Tennessee Business Roundtable, 1995.
Chairman, Health Industries Council, 1990. Member: Executive Committee, Tennessee President"s Trust, 1993.
Advisory Committee, Private Investment Consortium, 1993.
Director, Saint Jude"s Children Research Hospital, 1986. Chairman of the Board, Memphis Regional Medical Center, 1996. Member, Tennessee Higher Education Commission, 1981-1990.
Member: Memphis, Tennessee and American (Member, Taxation Section) Bar Associations.
District of Columbia Bar. Fellow, Tennessee Bar Association.
(Also at Washington, District of Columbia, Chattanooga, Huntsville, Johnson City, Memphis and Nashville Offices). Fellow, Tennessee Bar Association.
(Also at Washington, District of Columbia, Chattanooga, Huntsville, Johnson City, Memphis and Nashville Offices).