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Robert Bernerd Anderson (1910-1989) —
also known as Robert B. Anderson —
of Texas.
Born in Burleson, Johnson
County, Tex., June 4,
1910.
School
teacher; lawyer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1932; Received the Medal
of Freedom in 1955; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1957-61.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Phi Delta Phi; Order of
the Coif.
Pleaded
guilty in 1987 to charges
of evading
taxes by illegally operating an offshore
bank; sentenced
to jail, house
arrest, and probation;
disbarred
in 1988.
Died, of complications from surgery on cancer
of the esophagus, in New York
Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
14, 1989 (age 79 years, 71
days).
Interment at Rosehill Cemetery, Cleburne, Tex.
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Morris Atlas (b. 1926) —
of McAllen, Hidalgo
County, Tex.
Born in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., December
25, 1926.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
director, McAllen General Hospital,
Texas Commerce Bank;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1968,
1972;
chair
of Hidalgo County Democratic Party, 1968-80.
Jewish.
Member, Phi Delta Phi; Alpha
Epsilon Pi; American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 1983.
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Relatives: Son
of Sam Atlas and Bertha (Cohen) Atlas; married 1947 to Rita
Wilner. |
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Phillip Benjamin Baldwin (1924-2002) —
of Marshall, Harrison
County, Tex.
Born in Marshall, Harrison
County, Tex., December
23, 1924.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer; chair of
Harrison County Democratic Party, 1962-67; Associate
Judge of U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1968-82; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 1982-86; took
senior status 1986.
Episcopalian.
Member, Alpha
Tau Omega; Phi Delta Phi; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks.
Died in Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La., April
20, 2002 (age 77 years, 118
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James Rumsey Beverley (1894-1967) —
also known as James R. Beverley —
of San Juan, San Juan
Municipio, Puerto Rico.
Born in Dalhart, Dallam
County, Tex., June 15,
1894.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Governor of
Puerto Rico, 1929, 1932-33.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi; Freemasons.
Died, from myocardial
failure, in Seton Hospital,
Austin, Travis
County, Tex., June 17,
1967 (age 73 years, 2
days).
Interment at Austin
Memorial Park, Austin, Tex.
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Randolph Bryant (1893-1951) —
of Sherman, Grayson
County, Tex.
Born in Sherman, Grayson
County, Tex., May 2,
1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas, 1922-31; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Texas, 1931-51; died
in office 1951.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Delta Theta; Phi Delta Phi; Elks.
Died April
24, 1951 (age 57 years, 357
days).
Interment at West
Hill Cemetery, Sherman, Tex.
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John Edgar Green Jr. (b. 1880) —
also known as John E. Green, Jr. —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Selma, Dallas
County, Ala., April
19, 1880.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Texas, 1914-19; attorney
for oil
companies.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Phi Delta Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Edgar Green and Susan Morgan (Bridges) Green; married, April
29, 1914, to Anne Gentry Skinner. |
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Richard Fielding Harless (1905-1970) —
also known as Richard F. Harless —
of Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Kelsey, Upshur
County, Tex., August
6, 1905.
Democrat. Lawyer; Maricopa
County Attorney, 1939-42; U.S.
Representative from Arizona at-large, 1943-49; defeated, 1954,
1958, 1960; candidate for Governor of
Arizona, 1948, 1950; candidate for mayor
of Phoenix, Ariz., 1963.
Member, Sigma
Nu; Phi Delta Phi; Phi
Delta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Rho; Elks; Woodmen;
Optimist
Club.
Died in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., November
24, 1970 (age 65 years, 110
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Memory Lawn Cemetery, Phoenix, Ariz.
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Harold Barefoot Sanders Jr. (1925-2008) —
also known as Barefoot Sanders —
of Texas.
Born in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., February
5, 1925.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1953-59; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 5th District, 1958; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, 1961-65; legislative
counsel for President Lyndon
B. Johnson, 1965-67; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1972; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, 1979-96; took
senior status 1996; senior judge, 1996-2008.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Phi Delta Phi; Phi
Delta Kappa.
Died in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., September
21, 2008 (age 83 years, 229
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Kenneth Winston Starr (b. 1946) —
also known as Kenneth W. Starr —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Vernon, Wilbarger
County, Tex., July 21,
1946.
Lawyer;
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1983-89; resigned
1989; U.S. Solicitor General, 1989-93.
Member, American Bar
Association; Order of
the Coif; Phi Delta Phi; Delta
Phi Epsilon; Federalist
Society.
Independent counsel appointed to investigate President Bill
Clinton's involvement in the Whitewater land deal and the Monica
Lewinsky scandal.
Still living as of 2014.
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Ralph Webster Yarborough (1903-1996) —
also known as Ralph W. Yarborough —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in Chandler, Henderson
County, Tex., June 8,
1903.
Democrat. Lawyer;
district judge in Texas, 1936-41; candidate for nomination for Texas
state attorney general, 1938; colonel in the U.S. Army during
World War II; candidate for Governor of
Texas, 1952, 1954, 1956; U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1957-71; defeated in primary, 1970, 1972;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1964,
1980.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Phi Delta Phi; Order of
the Coif; Moose; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Acacia.
Died January
27, 1996 (age 92 years, 233
days).
Interment at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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