Background
Mcdermott, Malcolm was born on August 7, 1885 in Rogersville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Thomas and Ann McNeil (Kirkpatrick) Mcdermott.
Mcdermott, Malcolm was born on August 7, 1885 in Rogersville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Thomas and Ann McNeil (Kirkpatrick) Mcdermott.
Graduate Mount Hermon (Massachusetts) School, 1906. Bachelor of Arts, Princeton, 1910. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard, 1913.
Admitted to Tennessee bar, 1913, and began practice at Knoxville. Member Webb, Baker & McDermott, 1917-1920, Lee Price, McDermott & Meek, 1925-1930. Dean College Law, University of Tennessee, 1920-1930.
Professor of law, Duke University, since 1930.
Visiting lecturer universities of Krakow and Warsaw, Poland, 1936. Member Commision on Revision of the Laws of North Carolina Relating to Estates.
Member Committee on Revision of the Laws of North Carolina Relating to Insurance. Member Tennessee Democratic Executive Committee, 1928-1932. Member American, North Carolina bar associations, Tennessee Bar Association (president 1920-1921).
Married Gladys Willingham, November 24, 1915. Children: Malcolm, Raymond, Rose.