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American lawyer (1926–2015) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gordon B. Davidson (June 24, 1926 – July 17, 2015) was a Louisville, Kentucky-based business attorney,[2] and a member of the Louisville Sponsoring Group, the collection of business leaders who put up the money that launched Muhammad Ali into professional boxing.[3]
Gordon B. Davidson | |
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Born | Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. | June 24, 1926
Died | August 17, 2015 89)[1] Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. | (aged
Alma mater | Centre College, University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, Yale Law School |
Occupation | Attorney |
Davidson was a lifelong resident of Louisville, Kentucky, who was born there on June 24, 1926.[4] He attended Centre College in Danville, Kentucky. Davidson earned his J.D. from University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, as well as a LL.M. from Yale Law School in 1952.[2][5] He was admitted to the Bar of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1951.[6]
From 1954 to 1955, Davidson was a law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stanley Forman Reed.[7] He and other clerks did research on the Brown vs. Board of Education desegregation litigation.[8]
In 1960, Davidson was part of the Louisville Sponsoring Group, who was responsible for signing Muhammad Ali to boxing.[9][10] The contract was signed on October 26, 1960, and Ali's first professional fight took place three days later, on October 29, 1960.[3]
Mr. Davidson served as managing partner at Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs from 1980 to 1995.[2][11]
Davidson served on the board of important companies, including The Courier-Journal and BellSouth.[12] He held leadership positions on the boards of a civic, charitable and educational institutions: Greater Louisville Inc., Louisville Central Area, Kentucky Derby Festival, and the Louisville Development Committee.[13] After numerous years of leadership for the Kentucky Center for the Arts,[2] he was a Director Emeritus for the organization.[14]
In 1973, he was named as an Outstanding Louisville Alumni for Centre College for his devotion to the school and his distinguished career.[15][16]
In 1989, the Louisville Area Chamber of Commerce bestowed on Davidson its top civic-service award, the Gold Cup, for his leadership at a number of major arts and civic organizations in the region.[17]
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