Rufus Leigh Edmisten

Background

Edmisten, Rufus Leigh was born on July 12, 1941 in Watauga County, North Carolina, United States. Son of Walter F. and Nell (Hollar) Edmisten.

Education

Bachelor, University North Carolina, 1963. Juris Doctor with honors, George Washington University, 1967.

Career

Counselor, Judiciary Subcommittee Constitutional Rights, United States Senate, 1967-1969; chief counselor, staff director, Judiciary Subcommittee Separation of Powers, 1969-1974; deputy chief counselor, Select Committee Presidential Campaign Activities, 1973-1974; attorney general, State of North Carolina, 1974-1984; senior partner, Edmisten & Weaver, 1985-1988; now secretary of state of North Carolina.

Achievements

• Rufus Leigh Edmisten has been listed as a noteworthy State official by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Honorary chair Autism Foundation North Carolina, Film Commission. Chair North Carolina Information Resource Management Commission. Active North Carolina Small Business Council, North Carolina Local Government Commission, North Carolina Capitol Planning Commission.

Trustee Flat Rock Playhouse, Estey Hall Foundation Private United States Army Reserve, 1966-1967. Member American Bar Association, Federal Bar Association, North Carolina Bar Association, Southern Appalachian History Society (president), Wake County Society Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, National Association Secretaries of State (president, member economic development board, member executive committee, chair ad hoc committee on securities), North America Securities Administrators Association (member enforcement policy committee), North Carolina Fraternal Order of Police (honorary), Masons, Shriners, Society Janus, Order of Old Well, Kappa Alpha.

Connections

Married Linda Harris, 1983. 1 child, Martha Rebecca.

Father:

Walter F. Edmisten

Mother:

Nell (Hollar) Edmisten

Spouse:

Linda Harris

child:

Martha Rebecca Edmisten