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ABE FORTAS
was born in Memphis, Tennessee, on June 19, 1910. He was
graduated from Southwestern College (now Rhodes University)
in 1930 and from Yale University Law School in 1933. After
graduation, Fortas taught law at Yale for one year. From
1934 to 1939, he held a series of positions in the newly
created Securities and Exchange Commission. In the latter
year, he became General Counsel to the Public Works Administration.
In 1941, Fortas was appointed director of the division
of power in the Department of the Interior, and one year
later was named Under Secretary. Following World War II,
Fortas and two associates established a law partnership
in Washington, D.C., specializing in corporate law. After
two decades of private practice, Fortas was appointed
by President Lyndon B. Johnson to the Supreme Court of
the United States on July 28, 1965. The Senate confirmed
the appointment on August 11, 1965. Fortas served on the
Supreme Court for three years. He resigned on May 14,
1969, and returned to private practice. He died on April
5, 1982, at the age of seventy-one. |
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