Alabama Lawyers Hall of Fame, 0717 ALBJ, 78 The Alabama Lawyer 260 (2017)

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ALABAMA LAWYERS HALL OF FAME

Vol. 78 No. 4 Pg. 260

Alabama Bar Lawyer

July, 2017

The Alabama State Bar recently inducted five new members into the Alabama Lawyers Hall of Fame.

"The attorneys inducted into the Alabama Lawyers Hall of Fame today spent their lives dedicated to improving the lives of others and the legal profession," said Alabama State Bar President J. Cole Portis. "It's a privilege to participate in the Hall of Fame program and to honor these outstanding lawyers for their commitment and service to our state, local communities and our nation. This program and its purpose are at the heart of the bar's motto: Lawyers Render Service."

The five lawyers inducted into the 2016 Alabama Lawyers Hall of Fame include: • William B. Bankhead (1874-1940)-Member of one of Alabama's most prominent political families and arguably the state's most important political figure during the first half of the 20^th century; practiced law in Jasper and served two years in the Alabama Legislature prior to his election to Congress in 1916; served 24 years in the House of Representatives until his death; a Roosevelt loyalist who took an active role in helping pass New Deal legislation; elected House majority leader in 1935 and speaker of the House in 1936, a position he held until his death; father of early star of stage and screen, Tallulah Bankhead.

• Lister Hill (1894-1984)-Considered Alabama's premier lawmaker of the 20^th century; practiced law in his hometown of Montgomery following his return from World War I; served in the U.S. House of Representatives (1923-1938) and U.S. Senate (1938-1968); was an active New Dealer in his early career; sponsored 80 pieces of major legislation during his 45 years in Congress including the Hill-Burton Act (1941), the Library Services Act (1956) and the Defense Education Act (1958); leading proponent for federal funding of medical research as well as major advocate for spreading medical knowledge worldwide by helping create the National Institute of International Medical Research (1959).

• John Thomas King (1923- 2007)-Received his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Alabama; served the U.S. Army in the Pacific theater during World War II, achieving the rank of major; practiced law in Birmingham and served a term in the Alabama Senate where he sponsored major legislation that included the New Judicial Article; a progressive whose...