Background
Thrower, Randolph William was born on September 5, 1913 in Tampa, Florida, United States. Son of Benjamin Key and Ora (Hammond) Thrower.
Thrower, Randolph William was born on September 5, 1913 in Tampa, Florida, United States. Son of Benjamin Key and Ora (Hammond) Thrower.
Graduate, Georgia Military Academy, 1930; Bachelor of Philosophy, Emory University, 1934; Juris Doctor, Emory University, 1936.
Worked at Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan LLP (Washington, DC. Also Atlanta, Georgia) specializing in Tax Litigation, Tax Appeals, Federal Tax Controversies, Tax Planning, Estate and Gift Taxation. Admitted to the bar, 1935, Georgia.
1953, District of Columbia. Awarded Doctor of Laws, by Emory University, 1984. Board of Trustees, Wesleyan College, Member, 1960-1969 and 1972.
Chairman, 1972-1980, Executive Committee, 1972. Board of Trustees, Emory University, Member, 1972-1983, Executive Committee, 1980-1983, Member Emeritus 1983. Member, Board of Trustees, Clark College, 1983-1989.
United States. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 1969-1971. Member, Commissioner's Advisory Committee, 1983. Chairman, Board of Ethics, City of Atlanta, 1982-1992.
President: Atlanta Lawyers Club, 1954. Atlanta Legal Aid Society, 1953. Member, 1976-1982 and Co-Chair, 1980-1982, National Conference of Lawyers and Certified Public Accountants.
Member: Atlanta (President, 1958-1959) and American (House of Delegates 1964-1966 and 1974-1989. Chair, Section of Taxation, 1961-1963. Council Member, Section of Individual Rights and Responsibilities, 1983-1989.
Chair, Special Committee to Survey Legal Needs 1971-1978. Commission on Women in the Profession, 1987-1992. 1993, American Bar Association Medal) Bar Associations.
American College of Tax Counsel (Board of Regents, 1980-1988). American Law Institute. Fellow, American Bar Foundation (Member, Executive Committee Board of Directors, 1980-1990.
President, 1988-1989. Trustee, Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, 1976).
The use of force may be supported in extreme situations and when the need to do so is beyond reasonable doubt.
It is good for Christians with different approaches to the interpretation of the Bible to engage with each other and argue how the Bible should be applied to issues in our contemporary world.
Past president Georgia, Metropolitan Atlanta mental health associations. Chairman City of Atlanta Board Ethics 1981-1993. Past trustee Emory University, Clark College.
Past chairman, trustee Wesleyan College. Board governors Woodward Academy. Past chairman board visitors Emory University Served as captain United States Marine Corps Reserve, 1944-1945.
Member Atlanta Legal Aid Society (past president), Emory University Alumni Association (past president), American Bar Association (chairman special committee on survey local needs 1971-1978, past chairman section taxation, member house of deals 1964-1966, 74-89), Georgia Bar Association, Atlanta Bar Association (past president), American Bar Foundation (director 1980-1988, president 1986-1988, medal 1993), American Law Institute, Atlanta Lawyers Club (past president), United States Claims Court Bar Association (president 1987-1988), Phi Delta Phi. Clubs: Commerce (Atlanta), Capital City (Atlanta), Piedmont Driving (Atlanta).
Married Margaret Munroe, February 2, 1939. Children: Margaret (Mistress W. Thomas MacCary), Patricia (Mistress John R. Barmeyer), Laura (Mistress David T. Harris, Junior), Randolph William, Mary.