Robert Boochever
Robert Boochever (born October 2, 1917 in Brooklyn , New York City , New York , † October 9, 2011 in Pasadena , California ) was an American lawyer .
Life
Boochever was born in Brooklyn in 1917 to Louis C. Boochever and his wife Miriam (nee Cohen). He grew up with a brother in Ithaca , New York, where his father was the Director of Public Relations at Cornell University . He later studied at this university and received a Bachelor of Arts (BA) there in 1939 . In 1941 he was awarded at the Law School of the University of Cornell Law School , a Juris Doctor . Soon after, he joined the United States Army and served in it during World War II from 1941 to 1945, most recently with the rank of captain . During this time he was stationed in Dominion Newfoundland from 1942 to 1944 . Here he met his future wife, the American Lois Colleen Maddox (1919–1999). Maddox was chief surgery nurse on the military base where Boochever was stationed. Boochever himself acted as a military lawyer ( legal officer ) of the military base and held the rank of first lieutenant . The two married on April 22, 1943. In January 1945, their eldest daughter was born.
After the end of the Second World War, Boochever had the opportunity to become Assistant United States Attorney for the district of the Alaska Territory and so Boochever settled with his young family in Juneau . He held the post of Assistant United States Attorney from 1946 to 1947. He then practiced from 1947 to 1972 as a lawyer in the law firm Faulkner and Banfield in Juneau. He soon became a partner in this and his name was included in the company name.
Over the years his family grew by three more daughters. He was also chairman of the Juneau Planning Commission for several years . After the Alaska Territory was accepted into the Union on January 3, 1959 as a result of the Alaska Statehood Act signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on July 7, 1958, Boochever led the opposition to the plan to make Anchorage the capital of the new state and campaigned for Juneau, the capital of the territory, to be retained as the capital.
From 1972 to 1980 Boochever was a judge at the Alaska Supreme Court and served during this time from 1975 to 1978 a three-year term as its chief justice ( chief justice ).
On May 22, 1980, President Jimmy Carter nominated him to be a judge in the 9th District of the United States Court of Appeals to fill the vacant seat of Judge Shirley Hufstedler . On June 18, 1980, Boochever was confirmed by the United States Senate. He was the first lawyer from the state of Alaska, who held a judge's post in this judicial district. In the course of this, he settled in California, since the seat of this judicial district is in San Francisco . On June 10, 1986, Boochever moved to senior status due to health restrictions and thus went into semi-retirement. His vacant seat has been filled with Diarmuid O'Scannlain .
He died on October 9, 2011, at the age of 94 at his home in Pasadena, California.
The Hurff Ackerman Saunders Federal Building and Robert Boochever US Courthouse in Juneau is named after him among others. The former ski racer Hilary Lindh is a daughter of his oldest daughter.
Web links
- Robert Boochever in the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
- Boochever, Robert and Connie , Juneau-Douglas City Museum
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Retired federal appeals judge dies at 94 in Pasadena , October 11, 2011, Pasadena Star-News
- ↑ Diarmuid O'Scannlain in the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Boochever, Robert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American lawyer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 2, 1917 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brooklyn , New York City , New York |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 9, 2011 |
| Place of death | Pasadena , California |