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Donald "Don" C. Wood - In Memoriam

The Knoxville Bar Association and its members remember the friends of the association who may be gone, but not forgotten. We value their service to the community through their work toward justice and hope that this may serve as a tribute to them.

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Donald "Don" C. Wood

Posted on: Dec 31, 2015

Donald C. "Don" Wood, died in July of 2015, at age 86. Don was born in Alabama and was an outstanding athlete in high school and college. He enjoyed telling of receiving a scholarship both from University of Alabama in football, and Memphis State University in basketball. After accepting the scholarship to Alabama, and going through his first two weeks of two-a-day practices, Don would relate that he called then Memphis State’s Coach, found the offer was still open, and went to Memphis to play basketball. While graduating from Memphis State University in chemistry, Don joined the United States Air Force, ultimately retiring as a Lieutenant Colonel in the reserves. Upon leaving active duty, Don accepted a position with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, in the chemistry division, with a little basketball thrown in, and became a Patent Agent. He worked out an agreement with G. Wilson Horde, General Counsel, to go to law school and graduated from U.T. Law School in 1970. Don worked in the Office of General Counsel in handling injury, illness, workers’ compensation and exposure issues with great skill until his voluntary retirement. After leaving Oak Ridge, Don went to work with Kramer Rayson in private practice, and remained there until his retirement.

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