Background
II, Benjamin Henry Logan was born on June 25, 1943 in Dayton, Ohio, United States. Son of Benjamin Henry and Jeanne L.
II, Benjamin Henry Logan was born on June 25, 1943 in Dayton, Ohio, United States. Son of Benjamin Henry and Jeanne L.
Bachelor, Ohio Northern U., 1968; Juris Doctor, Ohio Northern U., 1972; Doctor of Laws (honorary), Ohio Northern U., 1992.
Employee, manager, Ben's Enterprise, Dayton, 1957-1968;
cost accountant, Dayton Tire & Rubber, 1968-1969;
law clerk, Legal Aid of Lima, Ohio., 1970-1972;
staff attorney, Legal Aid Society of Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1972-1974;
staff attorney, Jackson and Logan, Grand Rapids, 1974-1976;
senior attorney, Benjamin H. Logan, Professional Corporation, Grand Rapids, 1976-1988;
judge, 61st District Court, Grand Rapids, since 1989. Arbitrator American Arbitration Association, Michigan, 1982-1988. Hearing referee Michigan Civil Rights Department, 1985-1988.
Keynote speaker Mountain State Bar, West Virginia, Las Vegas Association of Black Lawyers, 1991, and others.
Member Grand Rapids Zoning Board Appeals, 1974-1978. Board member Urban League,1973-. Member American Bar Association (judicial administration division task force for opportunity for minorites in judiciary 1992-1994), National Bar Association (life, regional director, board directors 1988-1991, 91-, region of year 1989, 91, chair judicial county 1994-1995, commission on minorities since 1997), ATLA, Floyd Skinner Bar Association (Outstanding member, founder, president 1983-1988, immediate past president), Michigan Judicial Association, Black Judges Association Michigan (board directors since 1990), American Civil Liberties Union (treasurer 1975-1980), National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (life.
Board directors since 1973, speaker), Lions (board directors since 1991), Masons (33 degree), Elks (legal advisor), Kappa Alpha Psi (outstanding Kappa 1989, life, vice polemarch).
Married Creola Wiggin Logan, June 26, 1970 (divorced December 1983). Children: Fonda Jeanne, Benjamin Matthew, Barry Louis. Married Denice Marie Thomas, November 14, 1987.
Children: Bradford Jesse, Benjamin William.