W. DOUGLAS ALBRIGHT
- Jan 19, 1939: Born in West Lafayette, Ind.
- 1957: Graduates from Grimsley High School, attains place on the Daily News All-State Basketball selection.
- 1958-61: Duke University Basketball forward, ACC Honor Roll, member of Phi Beta Kappa. Graduates with Liberal Arts degree
- 1961: Marries Mary Egerton of Greensboro
- 1964: Does legal research for Sen. B. Everett Jordan while attending American University, Washington, D.C. – graduates (LL.B) 1964
- 1964: Becomes associate in the general practice of law at Egerton and Alspaugh & Rivenbark
- 1967: Becomes assistant solicitor under Charles T. Kivett
- 1969: Takes Kivett’s place as solicitor of the Guilford court.
- 1973: Title changes from solicitor to District Attorney
- 1973: Elected president of the North Carolina District Attorneys Association
- 1975: Sworn in as Superior Court judge
- 1979: Appointed to the state Judicial Standards Commission by Chief Justice Susie Sharp
- 1984: Becomes senior resident Superior Court judge
- 1985: Named vice president of the North Carolina Bar Association
- 1989: Suffers a heart attack in his chambers but is back at work two months later.
- 1994: Guilford County Board of Commissioners names courtroom 4C after Albright calling him a leader and ``an exemplary public servant of unquestioned honesty and integrity.''
- 1999: Undergoes triple bypass surgery but returns to work without complications.
- 2002: Becomes the last judge and one a few judges who have presided in all of North Carolina's 100 counties.
- 2004: Called to testify in a capital case he prosecuted in 1967.
- June 2005: Sparks controversy over his comment, "An oath on the Quran is not a lawful oath under our law.”
- Dec. 2005: The state’s longest- serving Superior Court judge sites health worries as the reason that he will retire Dec. 31, giving up a judgeship that his son, Guilford District Attorney Stuart Albright could take over.
- Jan 2006: Retired Albright is appointed by Gov. Mike Easley to serve as a Superior Court emergency judge, one of 24 currently in the state.