Marilyn Virginia Yarbrough

Background

Yarbrough, Marilyn Virginia was born on August 31, 1945 in Bowling Green, Kentucky, United States. Daughter of William Ottoway Yarbrough and Merca Lee Toole.

Education

Bachelor, Virginia State University, 1966. Juris Doctor, University of California at Los Angeles, 1973.

Career

Instructor, Boston College Law School, Newton, Massachusetts, 1975-1976; professor of law, University Kansas, Lawrence, 1976-1987; associate vice chancellor, U. Kansas, Lawrence, 1983-1987; professor Law School, U. Tennessee, Knoxville, 1987-1993; dean, Law Sch U. Tennessee, Knoxville, 1987-1991; William J. Maier Junior chair law, West Virginia University, Morgantown, 1991-1992; professor, U. North Carolina Law School, Chapel Hill, since 1992; associate provost, U. North Carolina Law School, Chapel Hill, since 1994.

Achievements

• Marilyn Virginia Yarbrough has been listed as a reputable lawyer, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board of directors Knox County Endl. Enrichment Fund, Knoxville, 1989-1992, Knoxville Housing Partnership, 1989-1992, United Way of Knoxville, 1990-1992;trustee Law School Admission Council, president, 1986-1988. Trustee Webb School of Knoxville, 1988-1991, Kenyon College.

Member Pulitzer Prize Board, since 1990. Member American Bar Association (reporter American Law Institute-American Bar Association committee continuing professional education 1988-1990, section legal education and admissions to bar 1989-1994), Poynter Institute for Media Studies (advisory board 1984-1990, board directors 1990-1992).

Connections

Married Walter James Ainsworth, September 3, 1967 (divorced October 1980). Children: Carmen Virginia, Carla Renee. Married David A. Didion, December 31, 1987.

Father:

William Ottoway Yarbrough Toole

Mother:

Merca Lee Toole

Spouse:

David A. Didion

Spouse:

Walter James Ainsworth

child:

Carla Renee Yarbrough

child:

Carmen Virginia Yarbrough