Background
Battle, William Cullen was born on October 9, 1920 in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States. Son of John Stewart and Mary Jane (Lipscomb) Battle.
Battle, William Cullen was born on October 9, 1920 in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States. Son of John Stewart and Mary Jane (Lipscomb) Battle.
University of Virginia (Bachelor of Arts, 1941. Bachelor of Laws, 1947). United States. Ambassador to Australia, 1962 1964.
Member, Virginia Council of Higher Education. (Resident, Charlottesville Office) lion: Western Kentucky University (Bachelor of Arts, 1941). University of Louisville (Juris Doctor, 1948).
Executive Director, Air Force Association and Publisher,,4/r Force Magazine, 1980-1986.
Attorney Columbia Gas System, Charleston, West Virginia, 1947-1950. Partner McGuire, Woods & Battle, Washington, 1950-1961, 64-70. Of counsel McGuire, Woods, Battle & Booth, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1988—2008.
United States ambassador to Australia United States Department State, Canberra, 1962-1964. Chief Executive Officer Fieldcrest Mills Inc., Eden, North Carolina, 1970-1982, consultant, 1982-1987. Board directors Wayn-Tex Corporation, Waynesboro, Virginia, Upstate BioTeck, Argonex Сorporation.
Chairman board West Alton Jones Cell Science Center, Lake Placid, New York. President American Textile Manufacturers Association, 1980-1981.
Defense Science Board, since 1978. Board of Visitors, National Defense University, since 1979. Board of Trustees, Institute of Defense Analysis, since 1986.
Vice Chairman, Board of Trustees, The Aerospace Corporation, since 1980. Member, Board of Directors, The Air Force Association, since 1986. President, Lambda Chi Alpha Education Foundation, since 1989.
Member, Board of Directors, Omicron Delta Kappa Leadership Honor Society, since 1987. Retired Director, The ENRON Corporation, Houston, Texas, 1977-1989. Director, Atlantic Council of the United States.
Golf, fishing, hunting.
Married Barry Webb, November 14, 1953. Children: William Cullen Junior, Robert Webb, Jane Tavernor.