Born July 23, 1936 in Sacramento, California. Married Mary Davis, June 29,
1963; Children: Justin Anthony, Gregory Davis, and Kristin Marie.
Education
Stanford University, 1954-57; London School of Economics, 1957-58; Stanford
University, B.A., 1958; Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1961.
Law Practice
Admitted to California bar, 1962; U. S. Tax Court bar, 1971; Associate, Thelen,
Marrin, John & Bridges, San Francisco, 1961-63; sole practitioner, Sacramento,
1963-67; partner, Evans, Jackson & Kennedy, Sacramento, 1967-75.
Law Teaching
Professor of constitutional law, McGeorge School of Law, University of the
Pacific, 1965-1988.
Judicial Offices
Nominated by President Ford to U. S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit;
took oath of office May 30, 1975.
Nominated by President Reagan as Associate Justice of the United States Supreme
Court; took oath of office February 18, 1988.
Other Offices
California Army National Guard, 1961; member, the Judicial Conference of the
United States Advisory Panel on Financial Disclosure Reports and Judicial Activities,
subsequently renamed the Advisory Committee on Codes of Conduct, 1979-87; the
Committee on Pacific Territories, 1979-1988, named chairman 1982; board of the
Federal Judicial Center, 1987-1988; American Bar Association, Sacramento County
Bar Association, State Bar of California, Phi Beta Kappa; board of student advisors.
Harvard faculty, 1960-61.
