Background
Armstrong, Walter Preston was born on October 4, 1916 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Son of Walter Preston and Irma Lewis (Waddell) Armstrong.
Armstrong, Walter Preston was born on October 4, 1916 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Son of Walter Preston and Irma Lewis (Waddell) Armstrong.
Harvard University (Bachelor of Arts, 1938). Harvard Law School (Juris Doctor, 1941). Omicron Delta Kappa; Order of the Coif.
Phi Delta Phi.
Awarded, Doctor of Civil Law, Southwestern at Memphis, 1961.
Working as a partner of REVISERS OF THE TENNESSEE LAW DIGEST FOR THIS DIRECTORY. WALTER P. ARMSTRONG, JR., bom Memphis, Tennessee, October 4, 1916. Admitted to bar, 1940, Tennessee. Education: Harvard University (Bachelor of Arts, 1938).
Harvard Law School (Juris Doctor, 1941).
Omicron Delta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Phi Delta Phi. Awarded, Doctor of Civil Law, Southwestern at Memphis, 1961.
President: Board of Education, Memphis City Schools, 1956-1961. Scribes, 1960-1961; National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, 1961-1963.
Member, 1967-1984 and Chairman, 1974-1975, Tennessee Higher Education Commission.
Honorary French Consul at Memphis, 1978-1989. Member:; Admitted to the bar, 1940, Tennessee.
President board education Memphis City Schools, 1956-1961. Mm. Tennessee Higher Education Commission, 1967-1984, chairman, 1974-1975. Member Tennessee History Commission, 1969-1980, honorary French consul, 1978-1988.
Member Tennessee Arts Commission, 1988-1993, 95-96. WithAUS, 1941-1946. Fellow American Bar Foundation (secretary 1960-1962), Tennessee Bar Foundation (chairman 1983-1984), American College Trial Lawyers. Member American Bar Association (house of deals 1952-1975), Tennessee Bar Association (president 1972-1973), Memphis and Shelby County Bar Association, Association of Bar of City of New York, American Law Institute, National Conference Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (president 1961-1963), Harvard University Law School Association (secretary 1957-1958), Order of Coif, Scribes (president 1960-1961), Phi Delta Phi, Omicron Delta Kappa.
Married Alice Kavanaugh McKee, November 3, 1949. Children: Alice Kavanaugh, Walter Preston III.