Vanderbilt University Law School

Class of 1964

(Notes posted in the order they were received, with the newest posts on top.)

Walker Taylor Tipton ’64 (VU ’60) died July 18, 2009 in Germantown. He served as an Assistant State Attorney General, and served two terms on the Board of Mayor and Alderman for City of Covington. He served as a Special Justice on the Tennessee Supreme Court. He was also a member of the board of directors of the Covington Electric System Board for 25 years, part of which he served as chair. He was a Charter Fellow of the Tennessee Bar Foundation and a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, was on the Board of Directors for First State Bank and served as Tipton County School Board Attorney. He leaves his wife, Ann, two daughters, and four grandchildren. Posted 10-31-09

D. Bruce Shine of the Kingsport, Tennessee law firm Shine & Mason, has been named by Governor Phil Bredesen as one of three candidates for the Supreme Court vacancy created by the impending departure of current Chief Justice William M. Barker, who is set to retire on Sept. 15. Posted 8-26-08

Judge Hamilton Gayden's novel, Miscarriage of Justice, was released on February 10, 2007. His novel - a historical fiction / murder mystery about a murder/ambush involving a love triangle that occurred in Nashville in 1913 - was published by Center Street, a division of the Hachette Book Company, the successor to Time-Warner Books.

Russell Franklin Morris Jr., a Nashville attorney, age 67, died December 17, 2006. Russ earned both his undergraduate and law degrees from Vanderbilt. He spent his entire career at Bass Berry & Sims where he became a senior partner and nationally recognized labor law specialist. He is survived by his wife, Hennie Benedict Morris, three children and seven grandchildren.

Charles McCallum has been named Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of TerraLex, a global network of independent law firms.

Warren Pengilley is an emeritus professor of law at at the University of Newcastle, Australia. Professor Pengilley, who received an LL.B. at Sydney before earning his J.D. at Vanderbilt, is a fellow in the Australian Society of Certified Practising Accountants and the author of more than 20 books and 300 refereed articles. He is married with two grown children, Andrew, a doctor specializing in emergency medicine, and Tara, an emergency medicine nurse.

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