Background
Ludlam,, Warren VanGilder was born on August 29, 1919 in Meridian, Mississippi, United States. Son of Warren VanGilder and Bessie (Hanley) Ludlam.
Ludlam,, Warren VanGilder was born on August 29, 1919 in Meridian, Mississippi, United States. Son of Warren VanGilder and Bessie (Hanley) Ludlam.
AB cum laude, Davidson College, 1940. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard University, 1943.
Associate Baker, Botts, Andrew & Wharton, Houston, 1943—1944, Watkins, Ludlam & Stennis, Jackson, Mississippi, 1944—1950, partner, 1950, managing partner, 1967—1968. Member national advisory council Practising Law Institute, 1963—1975, member council executive committee, 1969—1975, lecturer, 1965. Commissioner Mississippi State Bar 7th Judicial District.
Chairman policy committee Joint Mississippi State Bar-U, Mississippi, legal education committee, member bar taxation committee, chairman committee, officer, director. Partner various local business corporations and partnerships. Lecturer in field. Trustee Jackson Ballet, Mississippi, from 1979, chairman ballet, 1980—1981, vice chairman, 1980—1981, member executive committee.
Board directors Mississippi Ballet International, Inc. and II, III and IV United States of America International Ballet Competition, Jackson, from 1983, vice chairman III, 1986, chairman IV. Chairman Ballet Mississippi consolidated Jackson Ballet and Mississippi Ballet Theatre, from 1983. Probate and tax editor Law Notes, 1967—1969.
Associate editor Tax Lawyer, 1973.
Member official board Galloway Memorial United Methodist Church, Jackson, from 1983. Board advisory Methodist Children's Home. Fellow: Mississippi State Bar Foundation (life).
Member: American Bar Association (council section taxation 1977-1981, past chairman associate and advisory committee special committee retirement benefits), University, Estate Planning Council Mississippi (past president), Mississippi Law Institute (co-founder), American College Tax Counsel, District of Columbia Bar Association, Hinds County Bar Association (past member executive committee, past chairman grievance committee), Mississippi State Bar Association, Harvard Mississippi, English Speaking Union, Scribes (director 1964-1968, vice president 1966-1967, president 1967-1968), Exchange (Jackson) (director 1967-1968, vice president 1968-1969, president 1969-1970), Country Jackson, Phi Delta Theta, Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Helen Harvey McGee, April 28, 1948. Children: Helen Ludlam Dalehite, Warren McGee, Steven Hanley.