Thomas Bennett Van Poole

Background

Poole, Thomas Bennett Van was born on August 7, 1921 in Salisbury, North Carolina, United States. Son of Thomas B. and Mary Albron (Beaver) Van Poole.

Education

AB cum laude, Catawba College, 1942; postgraduate, Princeton University, 1944; postgraduate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1945; Juris Doctor, University of Virginia, 1948.

Career

Patent examiner, United States Patent Office, Richmond, Virginia, 1942-1944; patent advisor, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, 1945-1946; associate, Mason, Fenwick & Lawrence, Washington, 1947-1957; partner, Mason, Fenwick & Lawrence, Washington, 1957-1969; senior partner, Mason, Fenwick & Lawrence, Washington, 1969-1989; of counsel, Mason, Fenwick & Lawrence, Washington, since 1990.

Achievements

• Bar: Virginia 1949, District of Columbia 1949.

Membership

Active Boy Scouts American, Arlington, Virginia, 1965-1982. Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1946. Member Virginia Bar Association, District of Columbia Bar, American Intellectual Property Association, Rotary International.

Interests

• Avocations: tennis, water sports.

Connections

Married Mary Gilmer Cocke, October 1, 1949. Children: Thomas B. III, Virginia, Elizabeth.

Father:

Thomas B. Poole

Mother:

Mary Albron (Beaver) Van Poole

Spouse:

Mary Gilmer Cocke

child:

Elizabeth Poole

child:

Virginia Poole

child:

Thomas B. III Poole