Background
Tuttle, Elbert Parr was born on July 17, 1897 in Pasadena, California, United States. Son of Guy Harmon and Margie Etta (Parr) Tuttle.
Tuttle, Elbert Parr was born on July 17, 1897 in Pasadena, California, United States. Son of Guy Harmon and Margie Etta (Parr) Tuttle.
Student, Punahou Academy, Honolulu, 1909—1914. AB, Cornell University, 1918. Bachelor of Laws, Cornell University, 1923.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Emory University, 1958. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Harvard University, 1965. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Georgetown University, 1978.
Doctor of Laws(honorary), Atlanta University, 1984.
News and editorial writer New York Evening World, New York City. Also Army and Navy Journal and American Legion Weekly, Washington, 1919. Practiced in Atlanta and Washington, 1923—1952.
Member Sutherland, Tuttle & Brennan. General counsel, head legal division Treasury Department, 1953—1954. Judge The United States of America Court Appeals (5th circuit), 1954—1981.
Chief judge The United States of America Court Appeals, 1961—1967. Judge The United States of America Court Appeals (11th circuit), 1981—1996, senior judge. Chairman advisory committee on civil rules Judicial Conference United States, 1972—1978, chairman advisory committee on judicial activities, 1969—1977.
Colonel United States Army, 1941-1946, brigadier general United States Army Reserve.
Trustee Atlanta Community Chest, 1947-1949. Vice president Atlanta Community Planning Council, 1951. Past trustee Interdonominational Theological Center, Cornell Univercity, Atlanta U., Spelman College, Morehouse College, Piedmont Hosp.Served to colonel Field Artillery, 77th Infantry Division United States Army, 1941-1946.
Commanding general 108th Airborne Division (research), 1947-1950. Brigadier general United States Army Reserve. Member American Bar Association, Atlanta Bar Association (president 1948), Atlanta Chamber C. (president 1949), Phi Kappa Phi, Pi Kappa Alpha (national president 1930-1936), Order of Coif.
Married Sara Sutherland, October 22,1919. Children: Elbert Parr, Jane T. (Mistress John Jay Harmon).