About Morehouse

JOHN A. WALLACE (HON. ’05)

 

Year Elected: 1990
Board Title: Treasurer

Board Committee (s):

  • Executive
  • Development
  • Governance/Trusteeship

Professional Affiliations Include:

  • Partner, King and Spalding Law Firm
  • Trustee, Georgia Eye Bank , Inc.
  • Vice chair, board of trustees, Piedmont Healthcare and Piedmont Clinic
  • Adjunct professor, Emory University School of Law, 1977-87
  • Trustee, Southern Catholic College
  • Trustee, Aquinas Center of Theology, Emory University

Education:

  • Bachelor of Arts, Princeton University, 1960
  • Juris Doctorate, Harvard Law School, 1963

Achievements Include:

  • Honorary Degree Recipient,Morehouse College, 2005

Published articles include:

  • “Selected Post-Death Problems of Partnerships and Partners,” 1981 Southern California Tax Institute
  • “Estate Tax Deferral: Does Postponement Produce Panacea or Perplexity,” 1982 Miami Estate Planning Institute
  • “Now You See It, Now You Don’t — Valuation Conundrums in Estate Planning,” 1990 Miami Estate Planning Institute
  • A View Through a Glass Darkly: The Impact of Transfer Tax Repeal on Trusts and Estates Lawyers, 2001 Annual Joseph Trachtman Memorial Lecture (27 ACTEC Journal 6, 2001)