Background
Bell, Paul Buckner was born on July 29, 1922 in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. Son of George Fisher and Carrie (Savage) Bell.
Bell, Paul Buckner was born on July 29, 1922 in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. Son of George Fisher and Carrie (Savage) Bell.
Wake Forest University (Bachelor of Science, 1947. Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1948). Phi Alpha Delta. Adjunct Professor, Patent Law, Wake Forest University, 1975-1990.
Co-editor, The Law and Business of Licensing, since 1990.
President Bell, Seltzer, Park & Gibson, Charlotte, 1948-1997. Of counsel Alston & Bird LLP, 1998—2006. Director Southland Investors Inc., Idlewild Farms, Inc.
Retired, 2006
President, director Charpat Investment Corporation. Lecturer Practising Law Institute, 1974, North Carolina Bar, 1985. Adjunct professor patent law Wake Forest University School Law, 1974—2002.
Professor patent law University North Carolina School Law, 1995—2002.
Trustee Mecklenburg Presbytery, Alexander Children's Center, Presbyterian Home of Charlotte, Mountain Retreat Association. Chairman Presbyterian Church Foundation Served to 1st lieutenant United States Army Air Force, 1943-1946. Member American Bar Association, North Carolina Bar Association (vice president since 1988), Mecklenburg Bar Association, American Intellectual Property Association, Licensing Executives Society, Federation Internationale Des Conseils Propriete Industrielle (president United States of America), Charlotte City Club (past president), Charlotte Country Club, Charlotte Textile club (past president), Grandfather Golf and Country Club, Union League (New York City), Sigma Phi Epsilon, Phi Alpha Delta.
Married Betty Sue Trulock, May 3, 1952. Children: Paul B., Morris Trulock, Betty Fisher, Douglas Savage.