Background
Carrington, Paul was born on September 24, 1894 in Mexico, Missouri, United States. Son of William Thomas and Mary (Holloway) Carrington.
Carrington, Paul was born on September 24, 1894 in Mexico, Missouri, United States. Son of William Thomas and Mary (Holloway) Carrington.
Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Missouri, 1914; Bachelor of Laws, Harvard University, 1917; honorary Doctor of Laws, Southern Methodist U., 1980.
Since practiced civil law, Dallas. Member firm Carrington, Coleman, Sloman & Blumenthal, until 1974. Adjunct professor law Southern Methodist University, 1974-1980.
Reporter, Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, from 1985.
Chairman North Texas Committee on Economic Development, 1943-1946, Allen Enemy Hearing Board for North Texas, 1942-1945. President Greater Dallas Planning Council, 1948-1953. Chairman board Dallas Council on World Affairs, 1953-1954.
Vice president, national councilor Dallas Boy Scouts American, 1945-1963. President Dallas Young Men’s Christian Association, 1946-1949. Trustee Southwest Legal Foundation, 1948-1974, life trustee, since 1974.
Trustee Dallas Boy Scout Foundation, 1946-1978. Board directors American Bar Endowment, 1963-1970, director emeritus, 1970-1979. Served as Second lieutenant, instructor primary flying United States Army, 1918-1919.
Fellow American Bar Foundation (chairman 1965-1966). Member E. Texas Chamber of Commerce (president 1950-1951), Dallas Chamber of C. (president 1940-1942, chairman legislative committee 1943-1970), Texas Association Commerce (president 1946-1949), American Bar Association (house of deals 1957-1970, assembly delegate 1958, 61, 64, 67, chairman committee postwar planning 1943-1945, chairman section corporation banking and business law 1955-1956, chairman committee on lawyer referral 1959-1963), Dallas Bar Association (president 1939-1940), State Bar Texas (president 1960-1961, 50-year award for distinguished service to legal profession 1977, 1st chairman section corporation banking and business law 1954-1955, chairman committee review Texas corporation law 1948-1957), American Society International Law (executive council 1961-1967), American Arbitration Association (director 1935-1975), World Peace Through Law Center (chairman corporate law commission 1963-1972), American Law Institute, American Judicature Society, Harvard Law School Association (president 1959-1961, national council from 1953), Sons of the American Revolution, Order of Coif (honorary). Clubs: Mason (32 degree), Dallas Country, Petroleum (Dallas).
Harvard (New York City). Metropolitan (Washington).
Married E. Frances DeWitt, November 5, 1921. Children: Frances (Lee), Paul DeWitt.