Background
Arant, William Douglas was born on May 19, 1897 in Waverly, Alabama, United States. Son of William Jackson and Emma (Baker) Arant.
Arant, William Douglas was born on May 19, 1897 in Waverly, Alabama, United States. Son of William Jackson and Emma (Baker) Arant.
Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, University Virginia, 1920. Bachelor of Laws magna cum laude, Yale University, 1923. Honorary Doctor of Laws, University Alabama, 1978.
Honorary Doctor of Laws, Birmingham-Southern College, 1978. Doctor of Civil Law (honorary), Rhodes College, 1984.
Instructor political science University Virginia, summers 1920-1922. With Tillman, Bradley & Baldwin, Birmingham, Alabama, member successor firms, since 1927. Now Bradley, Arant, Rose & White.
Special assistant to attorney general United States and chief counsel for Petroleum Administrative Board (N.R.A.), Washington, 1933-1934. Chairman Regional Labor Board, 6th District, N.R.A., 1934-1935. Public member 4th Regional Labor Board, Atlanta, 1942-1944.
Member national committee study Anti-Trust Laws, 1953-1954.
Member Board Appeal, District 2 Alabama Selective Service System, 1940-1945. President Birmingham Civic Symphony Association, 1936-1938, Birmingham Civic Opera Association, 1957-1960. Member distribution committee Greater Birmingham Foundation.
Trustee Brooke Hill School, 1940-1973, Eye Foundation. Board directors Norton Center Birmingham-Southern College, since 1972. Enlisted as private United States Army, June 1918.
Later assigned Field Artillery C.O.T.S., Camp Taylor, Kentucky. Second lieutenant 1919. Fellow American Bar Foundation.
Member American Bar Association (committee on bill of rights 1938-1945, chairman 1941-1943), Alabama State Bar Association (president 1936-1937, board commissioners 1931-1940), Birmingham Bar Association, American Law Institute, Association Bar City New York, Beta Theta Pi, Phi Delta Phi, Phi Beta Kappa, Order of Coif. Clubs: Redstone, Mountain Brook Country.
Married Letitia Tyler McNeel, December 31, 1929 (deceased July 14, 1977). Children: Adele Goodwyn (Mistress Richard J. Stockham, Junior), Letitia Christian, Frances Fairlie (Mistress David R. Maginnes).