PAUL W. WHITE

CHIEF JUSTICE

     Born in 1911. Graduated from high school in 1926, Graduated (with honors at Honors Convocation) University of Nebraska, A.B. 1930; graduated from Law School, LL.B. 1932. Is married and has one son: Mark. Is an attorney at law. Practiced law from 1932 to 1953, except for 50 months' service in U.S. Infantry (20 months overseas in Pacific theater). Was Assistant Lancaster County Attorney, 1941-1947; Acting Judge of Lincoln Municipal Court. 1949-1953; District Court Judge, Third Judicial District, 1953-1963; and Juvenile Judge. Lancaster County for 2 years. Former secretary, Nebraska District Court Judges Association, 1957-1961; charter member, Governor's Committee for Youth, 1954. Served on original committee for Lincoln Boys' State, 1939; and is a present member of its board of directors; former chairman, American Legion; Boys' State and sponsor of civic clubs, 1951-1961; former secretary and treasurer of Lincoln Bar Association; and former president, Lincoln Barristers Club. Incorporator and charter member, Lincoln Youth Project; member, Lincoln Child Guidance Center; member and president, Nebraska District Court Judges Association; member, Lincoln, Nebraska, State, and American Bar Associations; member, National Association of State Trial Judges; member, National Council of Juvenile Court Judges; member, National Council on Crime and Delinquency; member, American Judicature Society; and charter member, Nebraska Juvenile Court Judges Association. Is a member of the following: American Interprofessional Institute, Knife and Fork Club, Cosmopolitan Club, American Legion Post No. 3, Lincoln; Veterans of Foreign Ware, Military Order of World War II; Lincoln Lodge 19, A.F. and A.M.; 32nd degree Scottish Rite Mason, Shrine, Lincoln Lodge No. 80, B.P.O.E.; Knights of Pythias and Welfare Society. Is a member of St. Paul Methodist Church at Lincoln. Elected Chief Justice of Nebraska Supreme Court November 6, 1962.
     Home Address: 2741 Scott Avenue, Lincoln, Nebraska 68506.

JUSTICE HARRY A. SPENCER

FIRST DISTRICT

     Born in Bishops Walton, England, September 16, 1903. Was graduated from South Omaha High School, 1925; University of Nebraska, A.B. degree, 1929; LL.B. degree, cum laude. 1930. Member, Acacia and Delta Theta Phi fraternities. Married Leone Eggenberg, June 28, 1925; six children; Mrs. Pagean Carter, Harry A., Jr. Mrs. Marlene D. Mansfield, Mrs. Leone Harlan, Terry L. and Victor B. Is a lawyer. Has served as county judge and district judge. Past delegate to Republican National Conventions, 1936 and 1940; past president, Lincoln Council of Churches, 1957. Past chairman, Lincoln Traffic Commission; past governor, Nebraska-Iowa District Kiwanis; past chairman, resolutions committee, Kiwanis International; past president, Lincoln Bar Association; past vice president and member of the executive committee, Nebraska State Bar Association; past Grand High Priest, Masonic bodies; past Potentate, Sesostris Temple Shrine; and past Associate Grand Guardian, Order of Jobs Daughters. Member of the resolutions committee and regional membership chairman, section on judicial administration of the American Bar Association. Member of Scottish and York Rite Masonic Bodies; Trustee, Nebraska Masonic Home; Grand Master of Masons; thirty-third degree Mason; Justice of the Subordinate Forum, B.P.O.E. No. 80; and Lincoln University Club. Is a Methodist. Recipient of Junior Chamber of Commerce Good Government Award. Awarded the DeMolay Cross of Honor and the Honorary Legion of Honor. Elected Justice of the Supreme Court, November 8, 1960. Re-elected November 8, 1966.
     Home Address: 1500 Crestview Drive. Lincoln, Nebraska 68506.

JUSTICE ROBERT L. SMITH

SECOND DISTRICT

     Born in DeSoto, Nebraska, February 20, 1918. Was graduated from Southern Methodist University, A.B. degree; and Creighton University, LL.B. degree. Married Beth Haney, July 12, 1948; four children: Victoria, Craig, Calvert and Carey. Served as District Court Judge, Fourth District, from 1961-1965. Appointed Justice of the Supreme Court, Second District, December 29, 1964.
     Home Address: Omaha, Nebraska 68122.

JUSTICE JOHN E. NEWTON

THIRD DISTRICT

     Born Ponca, Nebraska, April 4, 1904. Attended public schools of Ponca, Nebraska. Was graduated from University of Nebraska, LL.B. degree. Married Bonnie Brownlee, July 12, 1940; two children: Merrily Jean Tunnicliff and John Richard. Has served as a lawyer, Dixon County Attorney, and District Court Judge from Eighth Judicial District. Is a member of Masonic Lodge and Shrine. Appointed Supreme Court Justice by Governor Tiemann on January 13, 1967.
     Home Address: Ponca, Nebraska 68770.

JUSTICE HALE McCOWN

FOURTH DISTRICT

     Born Kansas, Illinois, January 19, 1914. Attended Beatrice High School, Hastings College. AB, degree 1935; and Duke University, LL.B. degree 1937. Member Phi Delta Phi fraternity. Married Helen Lanier, July 15, 1938; three children: Robert B., William L., and Mary Lynn. Is a lawyer. Admitted to Oregon bar in 1937, with Carey, Hart, Spencer and McCulloch, Portland, 1937-1942. Admitted to Nebraska bar, 1942. In 1942 became a member of the law firm of McCown & Baumfalk, Beatrice, Nebraska. Served as Lt. Sg. USNR 1943-1945; director, Dempster Mill Manufacturing Co.; F. D. Kees Manufacturing Co. Mia Enterprises; trustee, Hastings College; Fellow American College Trial Lawyers; American College Probate Counsel; member, American and Nebraska Bar Associations; American Law Institute; American Judicature Society; elder and trustee, Presbyterian Church; member. Elks, Masons and Rotary Clubs. Author of articles in legal journals. Appointed Supreme Court Judge from the Fourth District for term beginning January 7, 1965.
     Home Address: 404 Grant Street. Beatrice, Nebraska 68310.

JUSTICE LESLIE BOSLAUGH

FIFTH DISTRICT

     Born in Hastings, Nebraska, September 4, 1917. Attended Hastings public schools and was graduated from the University of Nebraska College of Law cum laude. Order of the Coif, Beta Gamma Sigma and Phi Kappa Psi fraternities. Admitted to the practice of law June 1941. Married Elizabeth Meyer, August 10, 1943; three children: Marguerite Ann, Sarah Elizabeth, and Paul Robert. Former Assistant Attorney General of Nebraska and a member of the staff of 1943 Statute Revision Commission. A member of the Nebraska State, American, Adams County, and Tenth District Bar Associations; Masonic Bodies; Scottish Rite; Shrine; Elks; American Legion; and Veterans of Foreign Wars. Elected Judge of the Supreme Court November 8, 1960. Re-elected November 8, 1966.
     Home Address: Hastings, Nebraska 68901.

JUSTICE EDWARD F. CARTER

SIXTH DISTRICT

     Born at Middlebranch, Nebraska, March 11, 1897. Ancestry English and Scotch. Married Vera Marie Hofrichter, June 2, 1920; five children. Received LL.B. degree from the University of Nebraska in 1919. Order of Coif and Phi Alpha Delta (law) fraternity. Practiced law in Bayard, Nebraska, 1919-1927; district judge of Seventeenth District, 1927-1934. Was president, Cornhusker Council Boy Scouts of America, 1944. 1945, and 1946; judge, Zonal courts, Nurnberg, Germany, Tribunal V, from June 1, 1947 to February 25, 1948; vice chairman, National Boys' State Committee, 1953 to date; President Cornhusker Boys' State 1939 to date. Is a member of the Congregational Church, Past Grand Master of Masons, Scottish Rite, Commandery, Thirty-third degree. Shrine, Knights of Pythias, Lions Club, Hiram Club, American Interprofessional Institute, American Legion. Native Sons-Daughters, and American and Nebraska Bar Associations. Elected Supreme Court Justice in 1934, 1940. 1946, 1952, and 1958. Reelected November 3, 1964.
     Home Address: Gering, Nebraska 69341.