Beals, Walter B.
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Name (Latin)
Beals, Walter B.
Date of birth
1876-07-21
Date of death
1960-09-18
Place of birth
Saint Paul (Minn.)
Associated country
United States
Place of residence/headquarters
Washington (State)
Field of activity
Book collecting
Law
Manuscripts--Collections
Occupation
Judges
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
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Sources of Information
- Wikipedia, March 22, 2019:Walter B. Beals (Walter Burges Beals was an American judge who served on the Washington Supreme Court from 1928-1946 and again from 1947-1951. He served as the Chief Justice of the Washington Supreme Court from 1933-1935 and from 1945-1946. Born July 21, 1876, St. Paul, MInn.; died September 9, 1960, Olympia, Washington; nationality: American; residence: Seattle, Washington; alma mater: University of Washington School of Law, LLB; attained the rank of major in the Washington National Guard ; entered the U.S. Army in August 1917, serving in the judge advocate's division; saw action in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive; became one of the founders of the American Legion; served in the U.S. Army during WW II. During his career, Beals served as Seattle Corporate Counsel (1923-1926), a King County Superior Court judge (1926-1928), a Washington State Supreme Court judge and Chief Justice. He retired in 1951. From 1946 to 1947, Beals was the Presiding Judge at the International Military Tribunal I in Nuremberg, Germany. Beals was an accomplished private collector of manuscripts and books)
- His The first German war crimes trial, 1985:t.p. (Chief Judge Walter B. Beals)
- NUCMC data from U. of Wash. Lib. for His collection, 1450-1946(Walter Burgess Beals, 1876-1960)
- Bio. Gen., 1986(Beals, Walter B., d. 1960)
- WWA, 1950-51(Beals, Walter Burges, judge, b. St. Paul, Minn., 1876; m. Othilia Gertrude Carroll, 1904; judge, Supreme Court, Wash. State; designated presiding judge of Military Tribunal I, Nürmberg; Tribunal convened, Dec. 1946)
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Studio portrait of Walter Beals, 1916
Frederick Bushnell, Public domain
Wikipedia description:
Walter Burges Beals (July 21, 1876 – September 18, 1960) was an American judge who served on the Washington Supreme Court from 1928 to 1946 and again from 1947 to 1951. He served as the chief justice of the Washington Supreme Court from 1933 to 1935 and from 1945 to 1946.
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