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BYRON R. WHITE was born in Fort Collins, Colorado, on
June 8, 1917, and raised in the nearby town of Wellington.
He entered the University of Colorado in 1934 and was
graduated in 1938. White attended Oxford University as
a Rhodes Scholar for one year and then enrolled in Yale
Law School. White’s education was interrupted by
the United States entry into World War II. He joined the
Navy, serving in the South Pacific. After the War, he
completed his legal studies at Yale and was graduated
in 1946. Upon graduation, White received an appointment
as clerk to Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson of the United
States Supreme Court for the 1946-1947 term. He then returned
to Colorado and practice with a Denver law firm for fourteen
years. In 1961, White was appointed Deputy Attorney General
of the United States by President John F. Kennedy. White
served in that position until April 3, 1962, when President
Kennedy nominated him to the Supreme Court of the United
States. The Senate confirmed the appointment on April
11, and White took the oath of office on April 16, 1962.
Retired
Justice Byron R. White died on April 15, 2002, in Colorado
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