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Byron R. White - Details Overview, Details, Appointments, Opinions
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Details
First Name |
Byron R. |
Last Name |
White |
Birth Place |
Colorado |
Childhood Location |
Wellington, CO |
Childhood Surroundings |
Small town |
Family Status |
Middle |
Religion |
Episcopalian |
Ethnicity |
English |
Father |
Alpha A. White |
Mother |
Maude Burger |
Father's Occupation |
Lumber company manager |
Father's Office |
Mayor of Wellington, CO |
Undergraduate Education |
Colorado, B.A. 1938 |
Graduate Education |
Oxford, Rhodes Scholar 1939 |
Law School |
Yale, Graduated 1946 |
Marriages |
Marion Stearns (1946) |
Children |
2 |
Bar Admission |
Colorado, 1947 |
Law Practice |
Colorado, 1947-61 |
Military Service |
Navy Lieutenant, 1942-46 |
Clerkship(s) |
Law Clerk, Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson, 1946-47 |
Federal Judicial Position(s) |
Law Clerk, Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson, 1946-47 |
Post Court |
Retired in good health in Washington, D.C.; sat by designation as a court of appeals judge |
Party |
Democrat |
Experience |
Prior judicial experience: Never played in the minors. White played another game as deputy U.S. Attorney General. |
Writings |
"Supreme Court Review of Agency Decisions" (1974); "Challenges for the U.S. Supreme Court and the Bar: Contemporary Reflections" (1982); "Work of the Supreme Court: A Nuts and Bolts Description" (1982)." |
Age at Oath |
44 |
Age at End of Service |
76 |
Age at Death |
84 |
