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Bates, William Leroy was born on March 8, 1921 in Columbia, South Carolina. Son of William Le Roy and Ruth Margaret (Hawley) Bates.
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William Leroy Bates
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William Leroy Bates, American military officer. Avocation: golf.
M C. Decorated Bronze Star medal United States Marine Corps, 1950, Silver Star medal, 1951, Air medal, 1951, Navy Commendation medal, 1951. Vestry All Saints Episcopal Church, Atlanta, 1974-1977, 85-88, senior warden,1988. Member Military Order of World Wars (state commander 1981), The Army and NavyClub, The Breakfast Club, Capital City Club, Alpha Kappa Psi, Kappa Alpha.
Education
Bachelor of Business Administration, Emory University, 1941.
Career
Private, United States Marine Corps, 1942; advanced through grades to colonel, United States Marine Corps, 1962; retired, United States Marine Corps, 1965; senior vice president, West Building Material Chain, Atlanta, 1965-1970; vice president, General American Development Corporation, Atlanta, 1970-1974; personnel director, Georgia Department Corrections, Atlanta, 1974-1989. Board directors State Employees Credit Union, Atlanta, The Hawley Corporation, Wheeling, W. Virginia, since 1992. Trustee Canterbury Court Retirement Home, Atlanta, since 1989.
Achievements
Membership
Vestry All Saints Episcopal Church, Atlanta, 1974-1977, 85-88, senior warden,1988. Member Military Order of World Wars (state commander 1981), The Army and NavyClub, The Breakfast Club, Capital City Club, Alpha Kappa Psi, Kappa Alpha.
Connections
Married Valerie Ogden Bates, January 5, 1946 (divorced January, 1965): 1 child, Catherine Overton Bates Akin. Married Charlotte Louise Starr, January 16, 1970. 1 step-child, Claire Starr Shouse.
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Political Party
Republican