Background
Pittman, Virgil was born on March 28, 1916 in Enterprise, Alabama, United States. Son of Walter Oscar and Annie Lee (Logan) Pittman.
Pittman, Virgil was born on March 28, 1916 in Enterprise, Alabama, United States. Son of Walter Oscar and Annie Lee (Logan) Pittman.
Bachelor of Science, University Alabama, 1939; Bachelor of Laws, University Alabama, 1940.
Special agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1940-1944; practice law, Gadsden, Alabama, 1946-1951; judge, Alabama Circuit Court, Circuit 16, 1951-1966; United States district judge, Middle and Southern District Alabama, 1966-1971; chief judge, United States District Court for Alabama Southern District, 1971-1981; senior judge, United States District Court for Alabama Southern District, since 1981; periodically sits as judge, United States Court Appeals 11th Circuit, since 1981. Lecturer business law, economics and political science U. Alabama Center, Gadsden, 1948-1966.
Member Alabama Board Education, 1951. Board trustees, life trustee Samford U, since 1975. Past board directors, chairman board Baptist Oaks.
Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Navy, 1944-1946, United States Ship Wharton, Pacific Supply Corporation. Member Alabama State Bar, Etowah County Bar Association (president 1949), Omicron Delta Kappa.
Married Floy Lasseter, 1944 (deceased) 2000. Children– Karen Pittman Gordy, Walter Lee. Married Lily Davis Verneuille, March 15, 2002.