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LEWIS F. POWELL,
JR., was born in Suffolk, Virginia, on September 19, 1907,
and lived most of his life in Richmond, Virginia. He was
graduated from Washington and Lee University in 1929 and
from Washington and Lee University Law School in 1931.
In 1932, he received a master’s degree from Harvard
Law School. Powell entered practice with a Richmond law
firm, where he became a senior partner and continued his
association until 1971. During World War II, he served
in the United States Army Air Force in Europe and North
America. After the War, Powell resumed his law practice.
He served as the President of the American Bar Association
from 1964 to 1965 and of the American College of Trial
Lawyers from 1968 to 1969. In 1966, he served as a member
of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s Crime Commission.
On October 21, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon nominated
Powell to the Supreme Court of the United States. The
Senate confirmed the appointment on December 6, 1971.
Powell served on the Supreme Court for fifteen years.
He retired on June 26, 1987, at the age of seventy-nine.
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