| A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr. AKA Aloyisus Leon Higginbotham, Jr. Born: 25-Feb-1928
Birthplace: Trenton, NJ
Died: 14-Dec-1998
Location of death: Boston, MA
Cause of death: Stroke
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: Black
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Judge Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Chief Justice, 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals Father: A. Leon Higginbotham, Sr. (factory worker)
Mother: Emma Lee Douglas (maid)
Wife: Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham (wife #2)
Son: Stephen Lee
Daughter: Karen Lee
Son: Kenneth Lee
Daughter: Nia B.
High School: Ewing Park High School, Trenton, NJ
University: Purdue University
University: BA, Antioch College (1949)
Law School: LLB, Yale Law School (1952)
Professor: University of Pennsylvania (1971-92)
Professor: Harvard University (1993-98)
US Federal Trade Commission (1962-64)
Texaco adviser (1996)
Alfalfa Club 1982
NAACP
Presidential Medal of Freedom Sep-1995
Spingarn Medal 1996
Open Heart Surgery
Author of books:
Shades of Freedom: Racial Politics and Presumptions of the American Legal Process (1996, nonfiction)
In the Matter of Color -- Race & The American Legal Process: The Colonial Period (1978, nonfiction)
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