Background
Ransom, Willard Blystone was born on May 17, 1916 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Son of Freeman Briley and Nettie Lillian (Cox) Ransom.
Ransom, Willard Blystone was born on May 17, 1916 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Son of Freeman Briley and Nettie Lillian (Cox) Ransom.
Bachelor of Arts summa cum laude, Talladega (Alabama) College, 1936. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard University, 1939.
Bar: Indiana 1939. Deputy attorney general State of Indiana, 1939-1941. Practice law, Indianapolis, since 1939. Associate Bamberger & Feibleman, Indianapolis, 1971-1983, of counsel, since 1983.
General manager Madame Chief Justice Walker Manufacturing Company, Indianapolis, 1954-1971.
Director Merchants. National Bank & Trust Company, Indianapolis Board of directors Legal Services Organisation. Member committee, board dirs.Indpls. branch National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, former state president
Served to captain Judge Advocate General Corps, United States Army, 1941-1946. Member Indiana Bar Association, Marion County Bar Association, Indianapolis Bar Association, Omega Psi Phi.
Married Gladys Lucille Miller, July 11, 1947. Children: Philip Freeman, Judith Ellen.