Edwin F. Flowers
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Edwin F. Flowers (born New Cumberland, West Virginia, April 26, 1930) is a West Virginia lawyer, civil servant, and judge. He served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia from September 8, 1975 to December 31, 1976.
Flowers graduated from West Virginia University in 1952 and then earned a law degree there in 1954. He served in the US Air Force as a Judge Advocate from 1954-6, and then went into private practice in his home county of Hancock, West Virginia. A Republican, Flowers served as Commissioner of the West Virginia Department of Welfare 1969-75,[1] and was then appointed by governor Arch A. Moore to the West Virginia Supreme Court to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of James Marshall Sprouse. In a Democrat-dominated state, Republican Flowers was not elected to a full term in 1976.
After serving as a federal bankruptcy judge in the Southern District of West Virginia, Flowers served as Vice-President of Institutional Advancement at West Virginia University from 1983 to 1997.[2]
From 2009 to 2012 Flowers served as a commissioner of Volunteer West Virginia, the West Virginia Commission for National and Community Service.[3][4]
Flowers and his wife Eleanor (or "Ellie") live in Morgantown.
Works[]
- A complete guide to the higher education laws of West Virginia: Selected statutes, comments, and materials, 1998
- 2000 Supplement to Higher Education Laws of West Virginia, 2000
- State Auditor's Handbook for West Virginia Licensing Boards: Draft, 2000
- Computer Smarts for Grandparents, 2000
- To: Adam and Katie - Nice Things Said About Your Grandpa (Excerpts of tribute letters and news clips), 2015
References[]
- ^ The Pharos (West Virginia Wesleyan College), Volume 60, #7, October 21, 1969, "Campus, State to be Briefed on Welfare Legislation", p. 1.
- ^ "WVU Alumni Association to recognize five for outstanding service", WVU Today (October 7, 2008).
- ^ http://www.volunteerwv.org/2/media/assets/downloads/2009_Annual_Report.pdf Volunteer West Virginia, 2009 annual report
- ^ http://www.volunteerwv.org/2/about/assets/downloads/Volunteer2012ARweb.pdf Volunteer West Virginia, 2012 annual report
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