Harry Walker Wellford

Personal

Birthday: 
1924
Birthplace: 
Memphis, TN
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

U.S. Navy ensign, 1944-1946
Private practice, Memphis, Tennessee, 1950-1970

Nominated to U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, August 4, 1976; no Senate vote

Education

Name of School: 
Washington and Lee University
Degree: 
B.A.
Degree Year: 
1947
Name of School - Second: 

Vanderbilt University Law School

The skills of lawyers, including the skills of analyzing complex issues, asking the right questions, advocating for clients, and managing disputes and organizations, are best taught in a rigorous setting by first-rate faculty, in the company of outstanding classmates. At Vanderbilt, you'll find a faculty that is second to none in combining excellent and demanding teaching with important and influential research. More than anywhere else, Vanderbilt professors are demanding in class and civil and accessible outside it. Our faculty and staff work hard to model, in every class and every program, best practices in teaching law. As a result, our graduates are in high demand, with more than 550 employers visiting Vanderbilt every year to recruit our students for positions throughout the U.S. and abroad.

Degree - Second: 
LL.B.
Degree Year - Second: 
1950

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee
Court Name: 

Tennessee Western District Court

President Nominating: 
Richard M. Nixon
Party Affiliation of President: 
Republican
Commission Date: 
12/12/1970
Termination Date: 
9/10/1982
Termination Reason: 
Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Court Name - Second: 
U. S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Court Name - Second: 

Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals

Commission Date - Second: 
8/20/1982
Retirement from Active Service - Second: 
1/15/1991