Devier pierson biography of william

White House Counsel stayed true to Oklahoma roots

W. DeVier Pierson, Jr., a Washington, DC attorney known for his outstanding analytical, oral argument, and legal writing skills, died peacefully from natural causes at his home in Chevy Chase, MD on April 21.

He was 90.

DeVier was born to W. DeVier and Frances (née Ratliff) Pierson on August 12, 1931, in Pawhuska, Oklahoma.

DeVier Pierson is a native Oklahoman who has had a remarkable legal career spanning more than half a century.

The University of Oklahoma College of Law will honor five outstanding alumni at its annual Order of the Owl Hall of Fame Ceremony, Wednesday, February 2,

Devier pierson built a nationally-recognized legal practice during his 30 years in washington, d.C.

DeVier Pierson, would become the key liaison between Udall and the president in the weeks to follow.

The President: The PL program was initiated as a surplus food program in an attempt to raise the price paid U.S. farmers for their products, principally.

He moved at a very young age to Oklahoma City and described his boyhood as “growing up in the Great Depression, but never knowing it.” He remembered from his adolescence the attack on Pearl Harbor, the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt, and the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

DeVier was a product of the Oklahoma City public school system. He attended Lincoln Grade School, Webster Junior High, and Classen High School. At Webster, he won oratorical contests and became an Eagle Scout. At Classen, he was a member of the Oklahoma state championship debate team, won the na