Biography of judge w douglas baird circuit
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Dean of the University of Chicago Law School: 1994-1999
Biography
Douglas G. Baird was born July 10, 1953 in Philadelphia and grew up in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania. He earned his BA in English summa cum laude from Yale College in 1975. He attended Stanford Law School, where he served as the Managing Editor of the Stanford Law Review and was elected to the Order of the Coif. He graduated from Stanford Law in 1979. Baird then clerked for Judge Shirley M. Hufstedler and Judge Dorothy W. Nelson, when both sat on the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
In 1980, Baird joined the faculty at UChicago Law. Four years later, he became a full professor and was appointed Associate Dean of the Law School (a position he held until 1987). In 1989, he was named the Harry A. Bigelow Professor of Law and, in 1996, became the Harry A. Bigelow Distinguished Service Professor of Law. From 1991-1994, Baird directed the Law and Economics Program. From 1994-1999, Baird served as the tenth dean of the Law School. Baird has also served as a visiting professor of law at Yale, Harvard, and Stanford law schools.
In addition to his legal career, Baird has pursued a passion for the culinary arts. He worked one night a week as a line cook at La Petite Folie, a French restaurant in Hyde Park,
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William O. Douglas
US Supreme Court justice from 1939 to 1975
For other people named William Douglas, see William Douglas (disambiguation).
William O. Douglas | |
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Douglas in the 1930s | |
| In office April 17, 1939 – November 12, 1975[1] | |
| Nominated by | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Preceded by | Louis Brandeis |
| Succeeded by | John Paul Stevens |
| In office August 17, 1937 – April 15, 1939 | |
| President | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Preceded by | James M. Landis |
| Succeeded by | Jerome Frank |
| In office January 24, 1936 – April 15, 1939 | |
| President | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Preceded by | Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. |
| Succeeded by | Leon Henderson |
| Born | William Orville Douglas (1898-10-16)October 16, 1898 Maine Township, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Died | January 19, 1980(1980-01-19) (aged 81) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Resting place | Arlington National Cemetery |
| Political party | Democratic |
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