Background
Duniway, Benjamin Cushing was born on November 21, 1907 in Stanford, California, United States. Son of Clyde A. and Caroline M. (Cushing) Duniway.
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Benjamin Cushing Duniway
Edit ProfileEducation
Bachelor of Arts, Carleton College, 1928; Doctor of Laws, Carleton College, 1981; Bachelor of Laws, Stanford, 1931; Bachelor of Arts (Rhodes scholar), University of Oxford, 1933; Master of Arts, University of Oxford, 1964.
Career
Practice in, San Francisco, 1933-1942, 47-59; partner firm, Cushing, Cullinan, Duniway & Gorrill, 1947-1959; regional attorney, OPA, San Francisco, 1942-1945; regional administrator, OPA, 1945-1947; assistant to administrator, OPA, Washington, 1945; justice, District Court Appeals, 1st Appellate District California, San Francisco, 1959-1961; United States circuit judge, 9th Circuit Court Appeals, 1961-1976; senior judge, 9th Circuit Court Appeals, from 1976; judge, Temporary Emergency Court Appeals United States, from 1979. Member committee trial practice and techniques Judicial Conference United States, 1969-1974, member committee judicial statistics, 1970-1976. Director Schlage Lock Company, 1951-1959.
Achievements
Membership
Chairman Governor's Commission Metropolitan Area Problems, 1958-1959. President Community Chest San Francisco, 1956-1957, California Conference Social Work, 1950, Family Service Agency San Francisco, 1950-1951, Urban League San Francisco, 1952. Trustee Carleton College, 1958-1971, Stanford, 1962-1972.
Trustee James D. Phelan Foundation, 1957-1971, president, 1969-1971. Trustee Rosenberg Foundation, 1960-1975, president, 1964, 68-70. Board directors Legal Aid Society San Francisco, 1955-1970, Family and Children's Agency San Francisco, 1948-1951.
Life governor MillHill School, England, from 1933. Member American Bar Association, American Judicature Society, American Law Institute, Conference California Judges, Bar Association San Francisco (treasurer 1958, secretary 1959), Society California.Pioneers, World Affairs Council San Francisco, Order of Coif, Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Sigma Rho.
Connections
Married Ruth Mason, October 28, 1933. Children— Anne (Mistress Anne Barker), Carolyn (Mistress Edward P. Hoffman), John M.
