Thomas Channing Channing Tankersley

Background

Tankersley, Thomas Channing was born on June 25, 1949 in Newport News, Virginia, United States. Son of Channing Ford and Dorothy M. (Dakin) Tankersley.

Education

University of California at Santa Barbara (Bachelor of Arts, with highest honors, 1971). University of California at Los Angeles (Juris Doctor, 1975). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif.

Member, University of California at Los Angeles Law Review, 1973-1974. Clerk, Honorable Kenneth J. O’Connell, Chief Justice, Oregon Supreme Court, 1975-1976. Municipal Judge, City of Dayton, 1977-1980.

Commissioner, McMinnville Water and Light Department.

Career

Law clerk to chief justice, Oregon Supreme Court, Salem, 1975-1976; associate, Rutherford & Drabkin, McMinnville, Oregon, 1976-1979; partner, Drabkin & Tankersley, McMinnville, 1980-1983; partner, Drabkin, Tankersley & Richardson, McMinnville, 1984-1988; partner, Drabkin & Tankersley, McMinnville, since 1989. Municipal judge City of Dayton, Oregon, 1977-1980. Commissioner McMinnville Water & Light Department, since 1990, chairman, since 1991.

Membership

Senior warden St. Barnabas Episcopal Church, McMinnville, 1978-1979, 85-86. President McMinnville Library. Foundation, 1987-1990.

Member Oregon Bar Association (uniform state laws committee), Yamhill County Bar Association (president 1981-1982), Rotary, Order of Coif, Phi Beta Kappa.

Interests

• Avocations: hunting, fishing, camping, canoeing.

Connections

Married Janet Ficken, August 26,1972. Children: James, Daniel.

Father:

Channing Ford Tankersley

Mother:

Dorothy M. (Dakin) Tankersley

Spouse:

Janet Ficken

child:

Daniel Tankersley

child:

James Tankersley