William Norman LaForge

Background

LaForge, William Norman was born on April 18, 1950 in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Son of William Frederick and Jeanne Camille (Drouin) Lafayette.

Education

Graduate Cambridge U.,1981.

Career

Bar: Mississippi 1975, United States District Court (northern district) Mississippi 1975, Supreme Court of the United States Court 1980, District of Columbia 1986. Legal intern Washington County Court, Greenville, Mississippi, 1975. Sole practice, Cleveland, Mississippi, 1975-1976.

Legislation assistant to Congressman David Bowen, Washington, 1976-1979.

Congressional liaisonPeace Corps, Washington, 1979-1981. Chief counsel United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Washington, 1981-1983.

Chief legislation counsel to Senator Thad Cochran, Washington, 1983-1986, chief of staff, 1987-1990. Senior vice president, general counsel Paul Werth Associations, Washington, 1990-1993.

Of counsel McGuiness & Williams, Washington, 1993.

Adjunct Professor George Washington University, Washington, 1982, Georgetown University, 1994. board directors Delta State University Foundation, 1983-1993. Chairman government relations committee National Interfraternity Conference, 1987-1992, 97. Trustee, board directors Pi Kappa Alpha Ednl.

Foundation, president, 1989-1991.

Program Senior Mgrs. in Government Kennedy School Government Harvard University, 1990. European Economics Cmty. fellow, Brussels, 1984.

Achievements

• William Norman LaForge has been listed as a reputable educator, lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Mississippi State Bar Association, District of Columbia Bar Association, Federal Bar Association (chairman government relations committee 1997), Delta State University Alumni Association (president 1983), Pi Kappa Alpha (national president 1984-1986), Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Alpha Theta, Phi Alpha Delta, Pi Kappa Delta, Pi Gamma Museum. Lodge: KC (4th degree).

Interests

• Running, guitar, white water sports.

Connections

Married Nancy Davidson, July 31, 1976;children: Caroline, Clayton. Children: Caroline, Clayton.

Father:

William Frederick Lafayette

Mother:

Jeanne Camille (Drouin) Lafayette

Spouse:

Nancy Davidson

child:

Caroline LaForge

child:

Clayton LaForge