Alfred John Schweppe

Background

Schweppe, Alfred John was born on March 29, 1895 in Brown County, Minnesota, United States. Son of Fred Herman and Alwina (Poehler) Schweppe.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Northwestern College, Watertown, Wisconsin, 1915; Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Wisconsin, 1916; Master of Arts, University Wisconsin, 1917; Bachelor of Laws, University Minnesota, 1922.

Career

Part-time instructor English, University of Wisconsin, 1916-1917; teacher English, New Trier High School, Kenilworth, Illinois, 1917-1918, 1919; part-time instructor in English, University of Minnesota, 1919-1922; with firm, Tanner & Garvin, Seattle, 1922-1924; partner firm, Long & Schweppe, Seattle, 1924-1926; lecturer law, University Washington, 1923-1926; dean law school, also professor constitutional law, 1926-1930; partner firm, McMicken, Rupp & Schweppe, 1930-1962; partner firm, Schweppe, Reiter, Doolittle & Krug, 1962-1966; partner firm, Schweppe, Doolittle, Krug, Tausend, Beezer & Bieierle, Seattle, 1967-1983; partner firm, Schweppe, Krug & Tausend, P.S., Seattle, 1983-1987. Member State Bar Commission, 1933, State Liquor Advisory Commission, 1933, Code Compilation and Revision Committee, 1941. Executive secretary Washington Judicial Council, 1930-1957.

Chairman Seattle Crime Prevention Commission, 1968-1971. Member Forward Thrust.

Achievements

• Bar: Washington State 1922.

Membership

Served in United States Navy, World War I. Member Seattle Bar Association (executive secretary 1930-1933), Washington Bar Association (executive secretary 1930-1933, president 1954-1955), Alaska Bar Association, American Bar Association (chairman committee judicial councils 1938-1939, member house delegations 1948-1960, 66-68, member committee peace and law 1948-1959, 66-87, chairman 1949-1958, chairman committee on bill of rights 1959, 61-64, vice chairman section individual rights 1966-1987, board editors journal. 1949-1971, council legal education 1949), American Judicature Society (director 1949), Iron Wedge, Order of Coif, Phi Delta Phi. Clubs: Rainier.

Connections

Married Dorothy Lawrence Greene, June 30, 1922. Children: Elizabeth Scweppe Whistler, Warren Greene.

Father:

Fred Herman Schweppe

Mother:

Alwina (Poehler) Schweppe

Spouse:

Dorothy Lawrence Greene

child:

Warren Greene Schweppe

child:

Elizabeth Scweppe Whistler Schweppe