Background
Burch, Lucius Edward was born on January 25, 1912 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Lucius Edward and Sarah (Cooper) Burch.
Burch, Lucius Edward was born on January 25, 1912 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Lucius Edward and Sarah (Cooper) Burch.
Bachelor of Arts, Vanderbilt University, 1934; Bachelor of Laws, Vanderbilt University, 1936; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Rhodes College, 1986.
Since practiced in, Memphis senior partner, Burch, Porter & Johnson, since 1947. Director National Commerce bank corporation, National Bank of Commerce.
Board of directors National Park Foundation, 1980-1986, Memphis Civic Research Committee, 1947-1967. Member Plough Park Development Board. Chairman Leadership Memphis.
Founder, charter member Memphis Committee Community Relations, 1958-1959, president, 1959;chairman Tennessee Game and Fish Commission, 1949-1955. President Tennessee Conservation League, 1955-1956. Member National Council Atlantic Union, since 1949.
Advising committee International Movement Atlantic Union, since 1961. Member development council Vanderbilt University Law School, since 1968. Delaware Democratic National Convention, 1952.
Member Tennessee Democratic Executive Committee, 1962, 74-81, Tennessee Racing Commission, 1988-1991. Trustee Edward J. Meeman Foundation. Board of Governors Association Advancement Aging Research, since 1968.
Fellow American College Trial Lawyers, American Bar Foundation. Member American Bar Association, Tennessee Bar Association (governor 1958), Memphis and Shelby County Bar Association (director) 1962-1963, Lawyer's Lawyer award 1993), Tennessee Academy Science (honorary life), Tennessee History Society, West Tennessee History Society.
Married Elsie Caldwell, December 27, 1935. Children: Sarah Polk (Mistress John F. Gratz, Junior), Elsie Caldwell Burch Donald, Edith Montague (Mistress Burch Caywood), Lucia Newell Doggrell (deceased).
