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William F. Winter 
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633 North State Street (39202)
P.O. Box 427
Jackson, Mississippi 39205-0427
  
Phone (601) 949-4800
Fax (601) 949-4804
Email wwinter@watkinsludlam.com
   
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Areas of Practice:
Environmental Law
International Law
Government Relations & Lobbying
Legislative Practice
State & Municipal Bonds & Financing
State, Local & Municipal Law
Bar Admissions:
District of Columbia, 1973
Mississippi, 1949
Education:
University of Mississippi School of Law, Oxford, MS , 1949
LL.B.
Law Journal: Mississippi Law Journal, Editor-in-Chief, 1948 - 1949


University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS, 1943
B.A.
Honors: Hall of Fame


Honors and Awards:
Mississippi State Bar Lifetime Achievement Award


John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award


Honorary Degree Recipient, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Tougaloo College, Davidson College, Millsaps College, Mississippi University for Women, Troy State University and William Carey College


Dedication of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History's new residence as the William F. Winter Archives and History Building, 2003


Renaming of the University of Mississippi Institute for Racial Reconciliation as the William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation, 2003


Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Award, National Education Association, 2001


The Mississippi Bar Lifetime Achievement Award, 1998


Fellow, Institute of Politics, Harvard University, 1985


Fellow, Mississippi Bar Foundation


Professional Associations and Memberships:
American Bar Association
Member


The District of Columbia Bar
Member


The Mississippi Bar
Member


Hinds County Bar Association
Member


National Advisory Board on Race Relations
Member


Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Board of Trustees
President


National Commission on the State and Local Public Service
Chairman


Kettering Foundation, 1990 - 1993
Chairman


National Civic League, 1988 - 1989
Chairman


Foundation for the Mid South, 1990 - 1992
Chairman


Commission on the Future of the South, 1986
Chairman


Appalachian Regional Commission, 1983
Chairman


Southern Regional Education Board, 1982
Chairman


Southern Growth Policies Board, 1981
Chairman


Ole Miss Alumni Association, 1978
President


Past Employment Positions:
Governor of Mississippi, 1980 - 1984


Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi, 1972 - 1976


Mississippi State Treasurer, 1964 - 1968


Mississippi State Tax Collector, 1956 - 1964


Mississippi House of Representatives, 1948 - 1956


Fraternities/Sororities:
Omicron Delta Kappa
Phi Delta Phi
Phi Delta Theta
Birth Information:
1923, Grenada, Mississippi