Background
Waller, William was born on October 28, 1898 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Claude and Martha Armistead (Nelson) Waller.
Waller, William was born on October 28, 1898 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Claude and Martha Armistead (Nelson) Waller.
Student, Wallace University School, 1914. Bachelor of Science, Vanderbilt University, 1918. Bachelor of Laws magna cum laude, Yale, 1922.
Assistant to general counsel North Carolina & St.L Railway, 1922-1927. General practice law Nashville, since 1927. Member firm Waller, Lansden, Dortch & Davis and predecessor firms, now of counsel.
Lecturer Vanderbilt Law School, 1925-1926, 50-56.
Trustee Vanderbilt University, since 1956, Harpeth Hall School, 1950-1966, Ladies Hermitage Association, since 1959. Served as Second lieutenant, C.A.C. United States Army, 1918-1919, Advertising Educational Foundation. Member American Law Institute, Mont Pelerin Society, Tennessee History Commission, Order of Coif, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Delta Theta, Phi Delta Phi.
Clubs: Round Table (Nashville), Belle Meade Country (Nashville), University (Nashville).
Married Elizabeth Warner Estes, December 31, 1924. 1 son, William; married Milbrey Warner, September 11, 1935. 1 daughter, Mistress Thomas G. Andrews, Junior.