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Byron White

Byron WhiteAKA Byron Raymond White

Born: 8-Jun-1917
Birthplace: Fort Collins, CO
Died: 15-Apr-2002
Location of death: Denver, CO
Cause of death: Pneumonia
Remains: Cremated, St. John's Episcopal Cathedral, Denver, CO

Gender: Male
Religion: Anglican/Episcopalian
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Judge, Football

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: US Supreme Court Justice, 1962-93

Military service: US Navy (1942-46)

Father: Alpha Albert White
Mother: Maude Burger White
Brother: Clayton Samuel White
Wife: Marion Lloyd Stearns (m. 1946, until his death, one son, one daughter, d. 21-Jan-2009)
Son: Charles Byron White
Daughter: Nancy Pitkin White

    High School: Wellington High School, Wellington, CO (1934)
    University: BA, University of Colorado (1938)
    University: Oxford University
    Law School: Yale Law School (1946)

    US Supreme Court Justice (16-Apr-1962 to 28-Jun-1993, resigned)
    US Deputy Attorney General (1961-62)
    Law Clerk for Supreme Court justice Fred Vinson (1946-47)
    American College of Trial Lawyers Honorary Fellow
    Phi Beta Kappa Society
    Bronze Star twice
    Rhodes Scholarship 1939
    College Football Hall of Fame 1954
    Colorado Sports Hall of Fame 1965
    Presidential Medal of Freedom 2003 (posthumous)

    SPORTS FRANCHISE HISTORY
    Detroit Lions (1940-41)
    Pittsburgh Pirates (1938)


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