Robert Nelson Cornelius Nix Jr. (July 13 1928 – August 23 2003) served as the Chief Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court from 1984 to 1996. Nix was the first African American Chief Justice of any state’s highest court and the first African American to be elected to statewide office in Pennsylvania.
alma mater
University of Pennsylvania Law School, Villanova University
birth date
1928-07-13
birth place
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
death date
2003-08-23
death place
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
office
Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
order in office
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
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