Background
Tavenner, Frank Stacy was born on July 12, 1895 in Woodstock, Virginia, United States. Son of Frank Stacy and Lou Lazear (Stephenson) Tavenner.
Tavenner, Frank Stacy was born on July 12, 1895 in Woodstock, Virginia, United States. Son of Frank Stacy and Lou Lazear (Stephenson) Tavenner.
Bachelor of Arts, Roanoke College, Salem, Virginia, 1916. Master of Arts, Princeton, 1917. Bachelor of Laws, University Virginia, 1922.
Bar, 1922, and began practice, Woodstock. Assistant United State Attorneys for Western District of Virginia, 1933-1940, United State Attorneys, 1940-1948. Became acting chief of counsel International Prosecution Section, Tokyo, in trial of major war criminals, 1947.
Chief counsel House of Representatives commission on un-American activities.
Member Virginia Law Review Board. Served as First lieutenant Pioneer Infantry, United States Army, at Aisne-Marne, Oise-Aisne, and Meuse-Argonne offensives in World War I and with Army of Occupation in Germany. Trustee Roanoke College, Salem, Virginia.
Member American, Virginia bar associations, American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Sigma Upsilon, Phi Alpha Delta.
Mason, Knights of Pythias. Club: Rotary (Woodstock).
Married Sarah Ellen Zea, December 28, 1920. Children: Hariett Stephenson, Frank Stacy, III.