Oliver Wendell Hammonds

Background

Hammonds, Oliver Wendell was born on August 4, 1911 in De Queen, Arkansas, United States. Son of Oliver Overstreet and Mamie Levonia (Scott) Hammonds.

Education

Bachelor, Oklahoma University, 1932. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard University, 1936.

Career

Attorney, office general counsel United States Treasury Department, Washington, 1936—1937. Special assistant to attorney general tax division Department of Justice, 1937—1942. Partner Ray & Hammonds, Dallas, 1946—1960.

Sole practice, since 1960. Lecturer Oil and Gas Institute, Southwestern Legal Foundation, 1954—1958, Tax Institute New York University. Major United States Army Air Force, 1942-1945, commanding general United States Army Air Force, 1945.

Achievements

• Oliver Wendell Hammonds has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served to major United States Army Air Force, 1942-1945. Member.Tex. Bar Association, Dallas Bar Association (chairman committee ethics 1959-1960), DallasCouncil World Affairs (board directors 1951-1987), Phi Delta Phi.

Connections

Married Ellen Hewes Floweree, May 22, 1941 (divorced 1969). Children: Oliver Edmund (deceased), Harry Hewes, Patricia, James Wilson, John Scott.

Father:

Oliver Overstreet Hammonds

Mother:

Mamie Levonia (Scott) Hammonds

Spouse:

Ellen Hewes Floweree

child:

Patricia Hammonds

child:

Oliver Edmund Hammonds (deceased)

child:

James Wilson Hammonds

child:

John Scott Hammonds

child:

Harry Hewes Hammonds