A.B., University of Alabama, Political Science and History, 1952
LL.B., University of Alabama School of Law, 1952; replaced by J.D., 1969
Governor of Alabama, 1968-71
Lieutenant Governor of Alabama, 1967-68
Member of the Alabama House of Representatives, 1954-66
Speaker of the Alabama House of Representatives, 1963-66
Practice experience: Solo practitioner, Decatur, Ala., 1952-68; senior partner, Robison, Belser, Brewer and Mancuso, Montgomery, Ala., 1971-79; senior partner, Brewer, Lentz, Nelson and Whitmire, Decatur, Ala., 1979-87
Joined Cumberland faculty: 1987
Teaching and research interests: Professional responsibility, law office practice and management, Alabama constitutional law
- Co-author of Brewer and Cole: Alabama Constitutional Law (Samford University Press, 1992; second edition, 1998)
- Chairman of the board of the Public Affairs Research Council of Alabama, 1996-present; president, 1988-96
- Board member, Alabama Citizens for Constitutional Reform
- Chairman, State Constitutional Law Project at Cumberland School of Law
- Co-Chair, Dean Search Committee, 2000-2001
