of Law Conference on Public Service and the Law and contributed to the article "Judicial Election Campaigns: Free Speech, Public Dollars, and the Role of Judges", which was released on February 12, 2005; "A Judge Salutes Another", a letter to the editor of The Fayetteville Observer, on October 31, 2005, p. 11A. Boards and commissions Tyson was most recently appointed to the North Carolina State Ethics Commission by the North Carolina House of Representatives for a three-year term beginning in 2013. He was appointed to the North Carolina Judicial Conference Committee on Compensation and Benefits by the chief justice of North Carolina (2002–2008). He was appointed to the North Carolina Property Tax Commission by the Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives, where he served from 1997 to 1999. He was appointed to the Legislative Research Committee on Private Property Rights by the President Pro Tempore of the North Carolina Senate served in 1995. He was a member of the Legislative Research Committee on Impact Fees, Exactions and Dedications by the President Pro-tem of the Senate in 1994. He was elected to the Cumberland County Soil & Water Conservation District, where he served as vice chairman and later chairman of the board, and served from 1992 to 1996. He was appointed to the Cumberland County Joint Planning and Zoning Board, where he was elected vice-chairman and later chairman of the board, and served from 1993 to 2001. Military service He was commissioned as captain, promoted to major, lieutenant colonel and served as colonel and staff judge advocate for the North Carolina State Defense Militia, under the command of the adjutant general of North Carolina from 1987 to 1996, and is currently in inactive reserve. He served as a colonel and staff judge advocate for the United States Service Command in Division III, (a volunteer non-profit disaster relief organization), from 1999 to 2004. Notes External links Judge Tyson's Web Site Official Court of Appeals Biography North Carolina Court of Appeals judges Campbell University alumni 1953 births Living people University of Virginia School of Law alumni New York University School of Law alumni Fuqua School of Business alumni North Carolina Republicans 21st-century American judges People from Cumberland County, North Carolina