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Paul C. Aiken (1910-1974) —
of Macksville, Stafford
County, Kan.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Macksville, Stafford
County, Kan., July 24,
1910.
Son of Robert Emmett Aiken and Florence Eva (Case) Aiken.
Democrat. Lawyer; business
executive; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Kansas, 1948;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1950.
Member, Order of the Coif; Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma
Phi Epsilon.
Died in May, 1974
(age 63
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Lucius Durham Battle (1918-2008) —
also known as Lucius D. Battle —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Dawson, Terrell
County, Ga., June 1,
1918.
Son of Warren Lazarus Battle and Jewel Beatrice (Durham) Battle.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
Foreign Service officer; personal aide to Secretary of State Dean
Acheson; U.S. Ambassador to United Arab Republic, 1964-67.
Member, Order of the Coif; Phi
Beta Kappa; Alpha
Tau Omega; Phi
Delta Phi; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, of Parkinson's
disease, in Washington,
D.C., May 13,
2008 (age 89 years, 347
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Joel Bennett Clark (1890-1954) —
also known as Bennett Clark; Champ Clark —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Bowling Green, Caroline
County, Va., January
8, 1890.
Son of James
Beauchamp Clark and Genevieve (Bennett) Clark.
Democrat. Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Missouri, 1928,
1936,
1940,
1944;
U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1931-45; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1945.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; American Bar
Association; Order of the Coif; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Tau Delta; Phi
Delta Phi; Delta
Sigma Rho.
Died in Gloucester, Essex
County, Mass., July 13,
1954 (age 64 years, 186
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Felix Cole (1887-1969) —
of Washington,
D.C.; Montclair, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., October
12, 1887.
Son of Theodore Lee Cole and Kate Dunn (Dewey) Cole.
Newspaper
reporter; lawyer;
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Petrograd, 1916-17; U.S. Consul General in Warsaw, 1929; Algiers, 1938-43; U.S. Minister to Ethiopia, 1945; U.S. Ambassador to Ceylon, 1948-49.
Member, Order of the Coif; Psi
Upsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in 1969
(age about
81 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Abe Fortas (1910-1982) —
also known as "Fiddlin' Abe Fortas" —
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., June 19,
1910.
Lawyer;
Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1965-69.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; Order of the Coif; Federal
Bar Association.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 5,
1982 (age 71 years, 290
days).
Cremated.
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Emil William Henry (b. 1929) —
also known as E. William Henry —
of Tennessee; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., March 4,
1929.
Son of John Phillips Henry and Elizabeth (Tschudy) Henry.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; lawyer; member, Federal Communications
Commission, 1962-66; chair, Federal Communications
Commission, 1963-66.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Order of the Coif; Phi
Delta Phi; Chi Psi.
Still living as of 1967.
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Russell Billiu Long (1918-2003) —
also known as Russell B. Long; Huey Pierce Long
III —
of Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.
Born in Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La., November
3, 1918.
Son of Rose
McConnell Long and Huey
Pierce Long.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1948-87; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Louisiana, 1952,
1960.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Lions; Elks;
Order of the Coif; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Omicron
Delta Kappa.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 9,
2003 (age 84 years, 187
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Memorial Park, Baton Rouge, La.
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John Johnston Parker (1885-1958) —
also known as John J. Parker —
of Monroe, Union
County, N.C.; Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born in Monroe, Union
County, N.C., November
20, 1885.
Son of Francis Ann (Johnston) Parker (1854-1909) and John Daniel
Parker (1857-1915).
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for Governor of
North Carolina, 1920; delegate to Republican National Convention
from North Carolina, 1924;
member of Republican
National Committee from North Carolina, 1924; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, 1925-58; died in
office 1958.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Order of the Coif; Freemasons;
Kiwanis.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 17,
1958 (age 72 years, 117
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Charlotte, N.C.
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Philip B. Perlman (1890-1960) —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., March 5,
1890.
Son of Benjamin Perlman and Rose (Nathan) Perlman.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; lawyer; secretary of
state of Maryland, 1920-23; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Maryland, 1932,
1940,
1948,
1952;
U.S. Solicitor General,
1947-52.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Order of the Coif.
Died, of an apparent heart
attack, in his room at the Shoreham Hotel, Washington,
D.C., July 31,
1960 (age 70 years, 148
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Kenneth Winston Starr (b. 1946) —
also known as Kenneth W. Starr —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Vernon, Wilbarger
County, Tex., July 21,
1946.
Lawyer;
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1983-89; U.S. Solicitor General,
1989-93.
Member, American Bar
Association; Order of the Coif; Phi
Delta Phi; Delta
Phi Epsilon; Federalist
Society.
Independent counsel appointed to investigate President Bill
Clinton's involvement in the Whitewater land deal and the Monica
Lewinsky scandal.
Still living as of 2009.
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Vernon Wallace Thomson (1905-1988) —
also known as Vernon W. Thomson —
of Richland Center, Richland
County, Wis.
Born in Richland Center, Richland
County, Wis., November
5, 1905.
Son of Alva A. Thomson and Ella M. (Wallace) Thomson.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Richland County, 1935-51; Speaker of
the Wisconsin State Assembly, 1939-44; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Wisconsin, 1936,
1940,
1952,
1956;
Wisconsin
state attorney general, 1951-57; Presidential Elector for
Wisconsin, 1952,
1956;
Governor
of Wisconsin, 1957-59; defeated, 1958; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 3rd District, 1961-74; defeated,
1974.
Member, Freemasons;
Order of the Coif; Phi
Delta Phi; Chi Phi;
Moose.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 2,
1988 (age 82 years, 149
days).
Interment at Richland
Center Cemetery, Richland Center, Wis.
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Daniel Walker (b. 1922) —
of Deerfield, Lake
County, Ill.
Born in Washington,
D.C., August 6,
1922.
Son of Lewis W. Walker and Virginia (Lynch) Walker.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; served in the U.S. Navy
during the Korean conflict; lawyer;
administrative assistant to Gov. Adlai
E. Stevenson, 1952; Governor of
Illinois, 1973-77.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Society for International Law; Order of the Coif.
Still living as of 2009.
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George Thomas Washington (1908-1971) —
of Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif.
Born in Cuyahoga Falls, Summit
County, Ohio, June 24,
1908.
Son of William Morrow Washington and Janet Margaret (Thomas)
Washington.
Rhodes
scholar; lawyer; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1949-65.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif.
Died August
21, 1971 (age 63 years, 58
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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