Wade H. McCree

Wade H. McCree

Wade Hampton McCree, Jr. (born July 3, 1920 in Des Moines , Iowa , † August 30, 1987 in Detroit , Michigan ) was an American lawyer and United States Solicitor General .

biography

After attending the Boston Latin School , he studied at Fisk University in Nashville and graduated in 1941 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA); then he began postgraduate studies of law at the Law School of Harvard University . In 1942, however, he interrupted his studies and did his military service in the US Army from 1942 to 1946 during the Second World War . Most recently he was a captain in the 92nd Infantry Division. For his war merit, he not only received the Combat Infantrymen Badge , but also a Bronze Star . He then continued his law degree, graduating in 1948 with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) and was then admitted to the state of Michigan.

In 1952 he joined the government service of Michigan and was Commissioner ( Commissioner ) of the compensation committee of workers ( Workmen's Compensation Commission ). He then worked from 1954 to 1961 as a judge on the District Court ( Circuit Court ) of Wayne County and then as a judge on the US District Court of Eastern Michigan. He was a member of this Federal District Court until 1966. That year he was appointed as a judge on the 6th US Court Appeals ; at this Federal Court of Appeal, based in Cincinnati , he worked until 1977.

In March 1977 McCree was appointed US Solicitor General by US President Jimmy Carter . As such, he held the third position in the United States Department of Justice through August 1981 . After retiring from government service, he held the Lewis M. Simes Chair of Law at the University of Michigan Law School from 1981 until his death in 1987 .

Web links

• Biography Ministry of Justice (English)
• Wade H. McCree in the nndb (English)