[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 54 (Thursday, April 26, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E637]
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                     TRIBUTE TO JOHN BRATTON DAVIS

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                         HON. JAMES E. CLYBURN

                           of south carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 26, 2001

  Mr. CLYBURN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to Judge John 
Bratton Davis. On Monday, April 2, it was my pleasure to participate in 
a very moving ceremony renaming the building housing the United States 
Bankruptcy Court in Columbia, South Carolina in honor of Judge Davis.
  Mr. Davis was born in Hartsville, South Carolina in 1917. After 
graduating from the University of South Carolina and the University of 
South Carolina Law School, he took graduate work at Harvard Law School. 
He served in the South Pacific Theater of Operations, first as an 
executive officer and later as naval aide to the Commander of the New 
Hebrides Island Group. After service to his country, Mr. Davis began 
the practice of law with Graydon, Grimball, Graydon, Faulkenberry, 
Sawyer, and Suber. He remained in the private practice of law until 
1969, when he was appointed as a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the District 
of South Carolina.
  In 1986, Judge Bratton Davis was appointed Chief Justice of the 
Bankruptcy Court, a post he held for fourteen years. He has served as 
Chairman of the State of South Carolina Development Board, Vice-
President of the Richland County Bar Association, and President of the 
Navy League of South Carolina. In addition, Mr. Davis has served on the 
Board of Directors of the South Carolina National Bank, Security 
Federal Savings and Loan Association, and University of South Carolina 
Educational Foundation.
  Committed to his community, Mr. Davis served as State Vice-Commander 
of the American Legion, Co-Chainnan of the March of Dimes Campaign, 
President of the Richland County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty 
to Animals, and President of the Columbia Kiwanis Club. He is a member 
of the Board of Directors of the Columbia Chapter of the American Red 
Cross and the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. Active in 
his church, Mr. Davis is a Vestryman at Trinity Cathedral.
  Mr. Speaker, please join me in paying tribute to Judge John Bratton 
Davis for his many years of unselfish service to God and country.

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