Biography of justice byron white
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Byron R. White
Life Story: 1917-1993
The professional football player, Rhodes scholar, Navy lieutenant commander, and United States Deputy Attorney General who became one of the longest-serving Justices of the Supreme Court
Background
Byron R. White was born in Fort Collins, Colorado on June 18, 1917. The Whites lived on a dirt road in the nearby farming town of Wellington, population 550. His father, A. Albert White, managed a local lumber company. Maude Burger, his mother, was the daughter of German immigrants. He had one older brother, Clayton “Sam” White. Neither parent graduated high school, which was not unusual for farming communities at the time. Byron recalled that “there was very little money around Wellington…you could say by the normal standards of today we were all quite poor, although we didn’t necessarily feel poor because everyone was more or less the same. Everybody worked for a living. Everybody.” He had his first job on a sugar beet farm at age 6, and worked physical jobs all throughout his childhood, like unloading lumber and shoveling coal. Starting in junior high, Byron and Sam rented 25 acres of land to farm sugar beets. They worked the land throughout the school year, which accommodated
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Byron White
US Supreme Court justice and pro football player (1917–2002)
This article is about the Supreme Court Justice and former football player. For the sailor, see Byron White (sailor).
"Whizzer White" redirects here. For the Chicago Bears halfback with the same nickname, see Wilford White.
Byron White | |
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| In office April 16, 1962 – June 28, 1993 | |
| Nominated by | John F. Kennedy |
| Preceded by | Charles Evans Whittaker |
| Succeeded by | Ruth Bader Ginsburg |
| In office January 20, 1961 – April 12, 1962 | |
| President | John F. Kennedy |
| Preceded by | Lawrence Walsh |
| Succeeded by | Nicholas Katzenbach |
| Born | Byron Raymond White (1917-06-08)June 8, 1917 Fort Collins, Colorado, U.S. |
| Died | April 15, 2002(2002-04-15) (aged 84) Denver, Colorado, U.S. |
| Resting place | Saint John's Cathedral |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Marion Stearns (m. 1946) |
| Relatives | Clayton Sam White (brother) |
| Education | University of Colorado Boulder (BA) Hertford College, Oxford Yale University (LLB) |
| Civilian awards | Presidential Medal of Freedom (2003) |
| Signature | |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Branch/service | United States Navy |
| Years of service | 1942–1945 |
| Rank | Lieutena |