Английская Википедия:Glenn Parker (judge)

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:About Шаблон:Infobox officeholder Glenn Parker (November 25, 1898 – April 18, 1989) was an American jurist who served as a justice of the Wyoming Supreme Court from December 5, 1955, to January 6, 1975.Шаблон:Sfn

Career

Parker was born in Murray, Iowa, to Charles Theron Parker (1851–1932) and Mary Lavanchie Ball (1873–1958). He grew up with his family on a farm near Sheridan, Wyoming.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn Parker attended the University of Wyoming where, in 1922, he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree,Шаблон:Sfn and in 1924, a law degree.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn Between the time he received his bachelor's degree and his return to law school, he taught school in Laramie and Casper.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn Parker served in the U.S. Army in World Wars I and II and rose to the rank of colonel.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn

Parker was admitted to the Wyoming State Bar in 1927 and practiced law in Laramie.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn In addition to his private practice, he served as city attorney for two years and county attorney for eight years (1932-1940).Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn From 1949 to 1955, he served as a Wyoming state district court judge in the Second Judicial District (Albany County in Laramie).Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn

In 1955, Governor Milward Simpson appointed him to the Wyoming Supreme Court to fill a vacancy caused by the death of Chief Justice William Addison Riner (1878–1955). Parker had been endorsed for the position by the Albany, Carbon, and Sweetwater County Bar Associations.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn Parker was chief justice from January 1, 1963, to January 2, 1967, and from January 1, 1973, to January 2, 1975.Шаблон:Sfn He was the first graduate of the University of Wyoming College of Law to become a state district judge and also the first to serve on the Wyoming Supreme Court.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn After his retirement in 1975, Parker was associated with the Cheyenne law firm, Hirst and Applegate.Шаблон:Sfn

During his legal career, Parker served as Wyoming chairman of the American Bar Association's Committee on Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar and was a member of the American Judicature Society and the American Law Institute.Шаблон:Sfn He was also a special lecturer-instructor at the University of Wyoming College of Law.Шаблон:Sfn

Family

On June 8, 1924, Parker married, Ruth Beggs (Шаблон:Italics correction Lila Ruth Beggs; 1893–1971) in Denver (Weld County). Together, they had two children.Шаблон:Sfn After Ruth died, Parker, on October 7, 1972, married Sally Weitz (Шаблон:Italics correction Sarah Barbara Joyce; 1913–2016).Шаблон:Sfn

Death

Parker died April 18, 1989, in Cheyenne.Шаблон:Sfn




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