Thomas Alexander Rutledge

Background

Rutledge, Thomas Alexander was born on August 29, 1947 in Erie, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Thomas Alexander and Muriel Jeanette (Norris) Rutledge.

Education

Bachelor, U. New Mexico, 1970; Juris Doctor, U. New Mexico, 1975.

Career

Associate, Martin & Hilton, P.A., Albuquerque, 1975-1977; deputy district attorney, Fifth Judicial District Attorney, Carlsbad, New Mexico, 1977-1984; district attorney, Fifth Judicial District Attorney, Carlsbad, New Mexico, since 1985; private practice, Carlsbad, 1984.

Achievements

• Bar: New Mexico 1975, United States District Court New Mexico 1975, United States Court Appeals (10th circuit) 1979, Supreme Court of the United States Court 1980.

Politics

The diversity of religious expressions is guaranteed by the separation of church and state. However, church and state should interact in different social and political fields for the benefit of the whole society.

Views

The very idea that one gender is superior to another should be rejected as well as the erroneous notion that members of one gender may receive love, power, and esteem only at the expense of another.

Membership

Committee member Western States Hazardous Waste Project, Phoenix, since 1989. President Boys and Girls Club of Carlsbad, 1984-1985. Executive Committee member Conquistador Council Boy Scouts American, since 1995.

Chairman New Mexico Adult Abuse Conference Inc., since 1995. With United States Army, 1970-1972. Member National District Attorneys Association, New Mexico District Attorneys Association (president 1989-1990), New Mexico State Bar (prosecutor's section since 1991), Eddy County Bar Association (president since 1991), Elks.

Interests

• Avocations: backpacking, snow skiing, basketball, soccer, volleyball.

Connections

Married Carol Ann Wheaton, May 26, 1973. Children: Bryan Lee, Sean Michael, Corrie Elizabeth.

Father:

Thomas Alexander Rutledge

Mother:

Muriel Jeanette (Norris) Rutledge

Spouse:

Carol Ann Wheaton

child:

Sean Michael Rutledge

child:

Bryan Lee Rutledge

child:

Corrie Elizabeth Rutledge