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Byron Raymond White
Birth: June 8, 1917, Fort Collins, Colorado.
Education: University of Colorado, B.A., 1938; Rhodes Scholar, Oxford, 1939; Yale Law School, LL.B., magna cum laude, 1946.
Official Positions: Law clerk to Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson, 1946–1947; deputy U.S. attorney general, 1961–1962.
Supreme Court Service: Nominated associate justice by President John F. Kennedy, April 3, 1962, to replace Charles E. Whittaker, who had retired; confirmed by the Senate, April 11, 1962, by a voice vote; took judicial oath April 16, 1962; retired June 28, 1993; replaced by Ruth Bader Ginsburg, nominated by President Bill Clinton.
Death: April 15, 2002, Denver, Colorado.
Byron White holds the unique distinction of being the only former professional football player ever to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court. An athletic standout in several sports at the ...
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