EDUCATION:

B.A. in History, Duke University - January, 1970
J.D. with Distinction, St. Mary's University, School of Law - December, 1976

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:  

Appointed Judge, Probate Court No. 1 - July 16, 1990
Elected Judge, Probate Court No. 1 - November 1990
Elected again in 1994 and 1998 (unopposed both times)
Active Life Member Phi Delta Phi
Fellow of Texas Bar Foundation and San Antonio Bar Foundation

Member:    National College of Probate Judges, Texas College of Probate Judges, American Bar Association, State Bar of Texas, The College of the State Bar of Texas, San Antonio Bar Association, San Antonio Estate Planners Council

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS AND HONORS:

             Board Certified in Estate Planning and Probate Law
             Member Supreme Court Task Force on Judicial Appointments - 1993 -
              State of Texas

             Chair - Bexar County Mental Health and Substance Abuse Advisory Committee

             Member - Substance Abuse Steering Committee for Bexar County - 1999

Member - Policy Maker Task Force for the Integration of Behavioral Health Care in Bexar County – 1998

             Member - University Health System Tobacco Advisory Committee - 1998

CHURCH ACTIVITIES:

             Lifelong member of First Presbyterian Church of San Antonio
             Ordained both a Deacon and an Elder
             Current Clerk of the Session
             Member of many committees throughout the years
             Thirty-plus year member Sanctuary Choir
             Thirty-plus year pianist - Arthur Gray Jones Bible Class
             Sunday School Music teacher
             Confirmation Class teacher - 4 years

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