Background
Beatty, Samuel Alston was born on April 23, 1923 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States. Son of Eugene C. and Rosabelle (Horton) Beatty.
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Samuel Alston Beatty, state justice. Bar: Alabama bar 1953. Decorated Air medal with 9 oak leaf clusters. Served to major United States Army Air Force, 1942-1945, PTO. Member American, Alabama, Tuscaloosa County bar associations, National Organization Legal Problems Education, Farrah Order Jurisprudence, Order of Coif, Phi Alpha Delta.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Commerce and Business Adminstrn, University Alabama, 1948. Juris Doctor, University Alabama, 1953. Master of Laws, Columbia University, 1959.
Juris Scientiae Doctor, Columbia University, 1964.
Career
Private practice, Tuscaloosa, 1953-1956. Member faculty University Alabama Law School, 1955-1970, professor law, 1963-1970, assistant dean, 1959-1963. Visiting professor law University Cincinnati Law School, 1966-1967.
Associate director Alabama Defender Project, 1967-1970. Dean, professor law Mercer University Law School, 1970-1972, adjunct professor, 1972-1974. Vice president, trust officer First National Bank & Trust Company, Macon, Georgia, 1972-1974.
Assistant attorney general, chief civil division State of Alabama, 1974. Partner firm Henley & Beatty, Tuscaloosa, Northport, Alabama, 1975-1976. The American Association For Justice Alabama Supreme Court, 1976-1989.
Adjunct professor University Alabama Graduate School, since 1975. Speaker, lecturer in field.
Achievements
Politics
Social norms that assume different standards for women than for men in marriage are outdated and should be rejected. Laws in civil society should define marriage as the union of one man and one woman.
Views
As human beings people find themselves as part of an unjust, sinful and violent world, which we may feel individually helpless to change. If we accept forgiveness, God can enable us to resist evil and to live life to the full.
Membership
Served to major United States Army Air Force, 1942-1945, PTO. Member American, Alabama, Tuscaloosa County bar associations, National Organization Legal Problems Education, Farrah Order Jurisprudence, Order of Coif, Phi Alpha Delta.
Connections
Married Maude Applegate, January 19, 1949. Children: Rosa Beatty Lord, Eugene A.
