Maurice Dantin

Background

Dantin, Maurice was born on December 13, 1929 in Columbia, Mississippi, United States. Son of Horace E. and Nell M. (Bass) Dantin.

Education

University of Mississippi (Bachelor of Arts, 1951. Juris Doctor, 1955).

Career

Worked at Dantin & Dantin (Columbia, Mississippi) specializing in Corporate Law, Banking Law, Oil and Gas Law, Probate Law, Insurance Defense Management Law. Admitted to the bar, 1955, Mississippi. Phi Alpha Delta. City Attorney, City of Columbia, 1956.

Mayor, City of Columbia, 1957-1961. District Attorney, 1963-1976. Member: Marion County and American Bar Associations.

Mississippi State Bar. Mississippi Trial Lawyers Association. Fellow, Mississippi Bar Foundation.

Achievements

• Bar: Mississippi 1955, United States District Court (southern and northern districts) Mississippi 1955, United States.Ct. Appeals (5th circuit) 1955.

Membership

Member Mississippi Bar Foundation, Mississippi State Bar Association, Marion County Bar Association, Marion County R.R. Authority (chairman since 1984), American Red Cross (Board of Governors 1971-1977,chairman since 1989), Lions (district governor 1969), Marion County Chamber of C. (pres.1976).

Interests

• Avocations: fishing, writing, hunting.

Connections

Married Patty Ponder, October 13, 1950. Children: Forest M., Juliet W., Mary Nell Livingston, John P.

Father:

Horace E. Dantin

Mother:

Nell M. (Bass) Dantin

Spouse:

Patty Ponder

child:

Forest M. Dantin

child:

John P. Dantin

child:

Juliet W. Dantin

child:

Mary Nell Livingston Dantin