Background
Carruthers, Thomas Neely was born on October 11, 1928 in Columbia, Tennessee, United States. Son of Thomas Neely and Ellen Douglas (Everett) Carruthers.
Carruthers, Thomas Neely was born on October 11, 1928 in Columbia, Tennessee, United States. Son of Thomas Neely and Ellen Douglas (Everett) Carruthers.
AB, Princeton University, 1950; Bachelor of Laws, Yale University, 1955.
Associate, Bradley, Arant, Rose & White, Birmingham, Alabama, 1955-1963; partner, Bradley, Arant, Rose & White, Birmingham, Alabama, since 1963; chair Executive Committee and managing partner, Bradley, Arant, Rose & White, Birmingham, Alabama, 1990-1995.
Trustee Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Leadership Alabama, president, 1995—1996, chairman, 1996—1997. Trustee Birmingham Museum Art, chairman, 1995—2002. Board directors 2020 Birmingham Committee, Alabama Department Archives and History.
Board advisors Cumberland Law School, chairman, 1993—1995, Constitutional Reform Task Force, since 2005. Chairman executive committee Alabama Academy Honor, 1999—2009. Active Boy Scouts American, Birmingham, executive board Birmingham Council, Lakeshore Foundation, since 2005, trustee, chairman, 2008—2009.
Chancellor Episcopal Diocese Alabama, 2003—2006. Trustee Children's Hospital, chair, 1996—1997. Fellow: Alabama Bar Foundation, American Bar Foundation.
Member: American Bar Association, Birmingham Bar Association (Outstanding Lawyer of Year award 2001), Alabama Bar Association (Multiple Selerosis Legecy Leadership award 2008), American Law Institute, American Tax Policy Institute (past trustee), American College Tax Counsel, Southern Federal Tax Institute (president 1993-1994, trustee, past chairman), International Bar Association, Mountain Brook Club, Rotary (president 1992-1993, Spain-Hickman award 2003).
Married Dale Gilder Jones, February 7, 1959. Children: Thomas Neely III, Virginia Carruthers Smith, Catherine Everett.