Walter Arthur Gordon (1894–1976) was the first African American to receive a doctorate of law from UC Berkeley’s Boalt Hall law school. He had an extremely long and varied career where he served as a police officer lawyer assistant football coach member of the California Adult Authority Governor of the United States Virgin Islands and a Federal District Judge.
alma mater
University of California
birth date
1894-10-10
death date
1976-04-02
lieutenant
John David Merwin
office
California Adult Authority, District Court of the Virgin Islands
order in office
18th, Governor of the United States Virgin Islands
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