Glenn Parker (November 25, 1898 – April 18, 1989) was an American jurist who served as a justice of the Wyoming Supreme Court from December 5, 1955, to January 6, 1975, during which period he also served as the chief justice of the court for two non-consecutive four-year terms.[1]
Glenn Parker | |
|---|---|
| Justice of Wyoming Supreme Court | |
| In office 1955–1975 | |
| Appointed by | Milward Simpson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Sherrow Glenn Parker November 25, 1898 Murray, Iowa |
| Died | April 18, 1989 (aged 90) Cheyenne, Wyoming |
Career
editParker was born in Murray, Iowa, to Charles Parker (1870–1943) and Mary Lavanchie Ball (1873–1958). He grew up on a family farm near Sheridan, Wyoming.[2][3] Parker attended the University of Wyoming where, in 1922, he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree,[4] and in 1934, a law degree.[5] Between the time he received his bachelor's degree and his return to law school, he taught school in Laramie and Casper.[2][3] Parker served in the U.S. Army in World Wars I and II and rose to the rank of colonel.[2][3]
Parker was admitted to the Wyoming State Bar in 1927 and practiced law in Laramie.[2][3] At the time, Wyoming did not require attorneys to have a law degree in order to be admitted to the state bar.[6] Parker completed his law degree in 1934 while actively practicing law.[5] In addition to his private practice, he served as city attorney for two years and county attorney for eight years (1932-1940).[2][3] From 1949 to 1955, he served as a Wyoming state district court judge in the Second Judicial District (Albany County in Laramie).[2][3]
In 1955, Governor Milward Simpson appointed him to the Wyoming Supreme Court to fill a vacancy caused by the death of Chief Justice William Addison Riner (1878–1955). Parker had been endorsed for the position by the Albany, Carbon, and Sweetwater County Bar Associations.[7][2][3] Parker was chief justice from January 1, 1963, to January 2, 1967, and from January 1, 1973, to January 2, 1975.[8] He was the first graduate of the University of Wyoming College of Law to become a state district judge and also the first to serve on the Wyoming Supreme Court.[2][3] After his retirement in 1975, Parker was associated with the Cheyenne law firm, Hirst and Applegate.[3]
During his legal career, Parker served as Wyoming chairman of the American Bar Association's Committee on Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar and was a member of the American Judicature Society and the American Law Institute.[2] He was also a special lecturer-instructor at the University of Wyoming College of Law.[2]
Family
editOn June 8, 1924, Parker married, Ruth Beggs (née Lila Ruth Beggs; 1893–1971) in Denver (Weld County). Together, they had two children.[3] After Ruth died, Parker, on October 7, 1972, married Sally Weitz (née Sarah Barbara Joyce; 1913–2016).[3]
Death
editParker died April 18, 1989, in Cheyenne.[3]
Bibliography
editNotes
edit- ^ Who's Who. "Parker," 1966, p. 1631.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Wyoming Blue Book, 1974.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Wyoming Blue Book, 1991.
- ^ The Wyo, 1922.
- ^ a b Golden, Michael (1996). "History of the University of Wyoming College of Law : The First Seventy-Five Years". Land & Water Law Review. 31 (1). 10 – via Law Archive of Wyoming Scholarship.
- ^ Mullen, William E.; Swainson, Clarence A. (1920). Wyoming Compiled States, Annotated. p. 271.
- ^ Casper Star-Tribune, November 28, 1955, p. 1.
- ^ Wyoming Blue Book, 1974, p. 32.
References
edit- Casper Star-Tribune (November 28, 1955). "Judge Parker Appointed to State Court" (AP). Vol. 64, no. 252. p. 1. Archived from the original on November 18, 2022. Retrieved November 18, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- Who's Who in America. → "Parker, Glenn". Vol. 34 (1966–1967). Chicago: Marquis Who's Who. p. 1631 – via Internet Archive (Kahle/Austin Foundation).
ISSN 0083-9396. LCCN 04-16934. OCLC 49196293 (all editions). - Wyoming Blue Book. → "Parker, Glenn" (PDF). Trenholm, Virginia Cole (née Virginia Cole; 1902–1994) (ed.). Vol. (1974). Vol. 3: 1943–1974. Cheyenne: Wyoming State Archives, Department of Commerce. pp. 29–30, 31, 32, 35 (biography), 41, 420, 424. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 1, 2020. Retrieved March 27, 2019. LCCN 74-84379; OCLC 70920916.
- Wyoming Blue Book. → "Parker, Glenn". Jost, Loren K. (born 1947) (ed.). Vol. (1991). Vol. 4: 1974–1990 – State Centennial & 50th Legislature Edition. Cheyenne: Wyoming State Archives, Department of Commerce. pp. 135 (biography), 142, 143. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
- The Wyo (yearbook). Vol. 14. Laramie: University of Wyoming, Junior Class (publisher). Spring 1922. p. 32. Retrieved January 4, 2021 – via Internet Archive.
See also
edit- Spence, Gerry (1996). The Making of a Country Lawyer: An Autobiography (1st ed.). New York: St. Martin's Trade. pp. 249–250, 265, 267, 284, 311–315, 367 – via Internet Archive (Friends of the San Francisco Public Library). LCCN 96-19683; ISBN 0-3121-4673-6; OCLC 34669365 (all editions).