Morris W. Savage

Born: June 19, 1937, Oakman, Walker County, Alabama

Parents: M. W. "Bud" Savage and Mary Barrentine Savage

Education: Dora High School Class of 1955
All State Football 1954
President, Alabama State Beta Club, 1954-55

Auburn University (Alabama Polytechnic Institute)
B.S. 1958, M.S. 1959
Varsity Football and Baseball
Member 1957 National Championship Football Team
Spades (Ten Outstanding Senior Men) -- Omicron Delta Kappa
Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities
President, A Club -- Recipient, Bill Strait Award (Auburn Football Senior with Highest Scholastic Record)
Recipient, Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award

University of Virginia School of Law
Academic Scholarship Southeastern Regional Scholar in law 1959-1962
LLB 1962, JD 1970
President, Student Body -- University Student Council
Student Legal Forum, President
National Moot Court Championship Team -- 1962
Omicron Delta Kappa – Phi Alpha Delta Legal Fraternity

Professional: Partner, Bankhead & Savage, Jasper, Alabama
Member, Walker County Bar Association (Former President)
Alabama State Bar Association
Virginia State Bar Association
American Bar Association
National Judicature Society
National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel

Religious: Member, First United Methodist Church, Jasper, Alabama
Trustee -- Member Administrative Board
Lay Representative Annual Conference
Sunday School Teacher -- College Age Class

Civic: Jasper Rotary Club – Former President
Musgrove Country Club – Former President
Walker County Chapter, American Red Cross -- Former President
Member, Alabama Humanities Foundation Board of Directors, 1992-1995

Auburn Univ: Two-term President, Auburn National Alumni Association, 1970-72
Member, Auburn University Board of Trustees, 1979-1991
Member, Auburn University Foundation Board of Directors, 1980-Present
Attorney for Auburn University in two cases before National Collegiate Athletic Association

Family: Married
Two children -- Mary Ben Savage Philpott and Wesley Savage, both AU graduates