Background
Smith, William Lancaster was born on June 14, 1923 in Lebanon, Kentucky, United States. Son of William Lancaster and Dorothy (Spalding) Smith.
Smith, William Lancaster was born on June 14, 1923 in Lebanon, Kentucky, United States. Son of William Lancaster and Dorothy (Spalding) Smith.
University of Notre Dame (Bachelor of Laws, 1950). Assistant District Attorney, Dallas, Texas, 1954-1957. President, Notre Dame National Alumni Association, 1966.
President, Notre Dame National Monogram Club, 1987-1989.
Working as a partner of SMITH, SMITH, SMITH AND HENDERSON. Admitted to the bar, 1950, Indiana and Kentucky. 1953, Texas; United States. Supreme Court; United States.
Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits. United States. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas and Eastern District of Oklahoma. United States. Court of Military Appeals.
Coach football team Dallas Jesuit High School, 1953. President Dallas Citizens for Decent Literature, 1963. Served to sergeant United States Air Force, 1942-1946.
Member National Notre Dame Alumni Association (president 1965-1966), Notre Dame Monogram Club (president 1987-1988), Knights of Columbus (grand knight 1963, council 799).
Married Jacquelyn Ann Hilbert, June 5, 1948 (deceased January 1993). Children: Lancaster Junior, Scott, Terry, Sherry, Michael, Stephen, Patrick, Christopher, Matthew, Shane.