Charles R. Fenwick

Charles Rogers Fenwick (August 11, 1900 – February 22, 1969) was a patent attorney and Virginia Democratic politician aligned with the Byrd Organization who served part-time in the Virginia House of Delegates and Senate representing Arlington County. Early life and education Fenwick was born on August 11, 1900, in Falls Church, Virginia, to banker Edward Taylor Fenwick (who in 1937 became president of the Arlington and Fairfax Building & Loan Association) and his wife the former Clara Gulagher. He graduated at the top of his class from Western High School in Washington DC (where he also captained the football team). He then volunteered and joined the tank corps of the University of Virginia's Student Army Training Corps during World War I, but the war ended before private Fenwick was transferred overseas. Fenwick then began attending the University of Virginia, studying engineering beginning in 1919. In 1922, a year after he transferred to U.Va.'s academic school, Fenwick helped found the formed Beta chapter of Sigma Nu fraternity. Fenwick played varsity football as a tackle (and was named to several regional all-star teams) as well as boxed as a heavyweight for three of his undergraduate years (losing only one bout and winning a spot as alternate on the U.S. Olympic team). In 1924, Fenwick graduated from the University of Virginia, and later attended post-graduate studies at George Washington University before receiving his LL.B. from the University of Virginia in 1925. He much later became president of the alumni association and in 1962 became the first recipient of the Virginia Hall of Fame Award for distinguished achievements after leaving college. He also became a charter member of the Touchdown Club of Washington, D.C., and served as its third president In 1929, Fenwick married Eleanor Russell Eastman, a Presbyterian, though he did not change his Baptist affiliation. They had no children, but in 1946 moved into what had been her father's house in Arlington, Everbloom, which was later declared historically significant. Fenwick also owned a farm in Cumberland County, Virginia. Legal career