Background
Wise, Sherwood W. was born in 1910 in Hazlehurst, Mississippi, United States.
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Sherwood W. Wise
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Public schools, Hazlehurst. Washington & Lee University (Bachelor of Arts, 1932. Bachelor of Laws, 1934).
Career
Worked at Wise Carter Child & Caraway, Professional Association. Admitted to the bar, 1934, Mississippi. Phi Delta Phi; Omicron Delta Kappa.
American Inns of Court.
Who"s Who in America. Who"s Who in American Law.
Member, Scribes. Author: Wise Carter Child & Caraway - One Mississippi Law Firm, 1883-1986, 1988.
Member: Hinds County (President, 1958-1959), American (Member, Committee on Civil Rights and Racial Unrest, 1963. Federal Judiciary Committee, 1969-1975.
Chairman, National Conference of Lawyers and Environmental Design Professions, 1979-1985. Mississippi State Delegate to House of Delegates, 1981-1987) and Federal Bar Associations.
The Mississippi Bar (President, 1961-1962).
Mississippi Bar Foundation. National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers.
Military: Lieutenant Commander, United States Naval Reserve, active duty, 1942-1946.
Achievements
Membership
Member, Scribes.; Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. Military: Lieutenant Commander, United States Naval Reserve, active duty, 1942-1946.
