OVERVIEW:

FULL NAME:
Byron Raymond White

NICKNAME:
Whizzer

BORN:
June 8, 1917,
Fort Collins, Colorado

DIED:
April 15, 2002 (age 84),
Denver, Colorado

EDUCATION:
University of Colorado Boulder (BA, 1938)
Hertford College, Oxford (Rhodes Scholar, 1939)
Yale University (JD, 1946)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Democrat

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
1938-1939:
Football Player, Pittsburgh Steelers, National Football League
1940-1942:
Football Player, Detroit Lions, National Football League
1942-1945:
U.S. Naval Intelligence, Pacific Theater
1946-1947:
Clerk to Chief Justice, U.S. Supreme Court
1947-1960:
Attorney, Lewis, Grant & Davis in Denver, Colorado
1961-1962:
Deputy U.S. Attorney General
1962-1993:
Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court

PORTRAITS:

 

RESOURCES: 

BIOGRAPHIES:
Congressional Quarterly 
Supreme Court Historical Society
Oyez
Wikipedia

PAPERS:
Library of Congress

ORAL HISTORY
JFK Library (5/6/1964)
JFK Library (9/2/1964)

MEDIA COVERAGE:

RETIREMENT (3/20/1993):
New York Times
Washington Post

OBITUARIES (4/16/2002):
New York Times
Washington Post