Chip Woodrum
| Chip Woodrum | |
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| Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Roanoke | |
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In office 1980–2003 |
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| Preceded by | Ray A. Garland |
| Succeeded by | Onzlee Ware |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 23, 1938 Washington, D.C. |
| Died | February 19, 2013 Florida |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Residence | Roanoke County, Virginia |
| Alma mater |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University of Virginia School of Law |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Religion | Episcopalian |
Clifton Alexander "Chip" Woodrum III (July 23, 1938 – February 19, 2013) was an Virginia lawyer and politician.
Born in Washington, D.C.to Clifton A. Woodrum Jr. and his wife the former Margaret Troy Lanier, Woodrum lost his lawyer father on Christmas, 1959, but nonetheless graduated from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1961. Continuing the family tradition, he received his law degree from University of Virginia Law School in 1964. His great-grandfather was Roanoke's first elected Commonwealth's attorney. His grandfather Clifton A. Woodrum served in the United States House of Representatives. Chip Woodrum married Emily Clyde Abbitt (daughter of Meredith Webb Abbitt and Catherine Clyde Moore) on August 10, 1963 in Newport News, Virginia.
As had three previous generations of his family, Woodrum practiced law in Roanoke, Virginia. He was also active in various bar associations, the Roanoke Chamber of Commerce and the United Way. Woodrum also served on the board of directors of the Legal Aid Society of Roanoke from 1967 until 1976 and had also served as the organization's vice-president.
His political career began in the Roanoke City Young Democrat Club in 1960, as the city bucked Massive Resistance advocated by the Byrd Organization. First elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 1979, Woodrum served (part-time) from 1980 until 2003. He served on the State Crime Commission beginning in 1982 and became its chair. He also served on the State Water Commission beginning in 1981. In the General Assembly, Delegate Woodrum served on the Courts of Justice committee and the Appropriations and Corporations, Banking and Insurance committees, among others. He modernized Virginia's Freedom of Information Act in the 1990s, and also helped construct programs to rehabilitate offenders, as well as to enable low income Virginians to attend college.
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