Background
Stafford, Charles Frederick was born on June 24, 1918 in Burlington, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Charles Frederick and Madge (Davis) Stafford.
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Charles Frederick Stafford
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Bachelor with honors in Political Science, Whitman College, 1940. Doctor of Laws, Whitman College, 1956. Bachelor of Laws, Yale University, 1946.
Career
Chief deputy prosecuting attorney, Skagit County, Washington, 1947-1952. Judge Superior Court for Skagit and Island Counties, 1952-1969. Member Washington Court Appeals, 1969-1970.
Justice Washington Supreme Court, since 1970, chief justice, 1975-1976. Member faculty National College State Trial Judges, summers, 1968, 69. Member Washington Bench-Bar-Press Committee, 1964-1967.
Member advisory committee Supreme Court Public Defender Demonstration Project. Chairman Committee on Juvenile Justice, Washington Little White House Conference. Member Washington Governor's Committee on Criminal Justice, since 1979.
Achievements
Membership
Member executive board Mount Baker area council Boy Scouts American, 1965-1970, Tumwater Area council, 1970-1973. Trustee Washington State Capital Museum, 1975-1979. Board visitors University Puget Sound Law School, Tacoma, 1976-1978, Willamette University Law School, since 1980.
Board overseers Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington, since 1976. Served with Army of the United States, 1942-1946. Member Washington State, American bar associations, American Judicature Society, American Law Institute, Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Sigma Rho, Beta Theta Pi.
Clubs: Rotarian.
Connections
Married Elizabeth Banks, August 8, 1981. Children: Katherine Anne (Mistress John Schmidt), Joan Craig (Mistress David E. Halverstadt).
Education
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1940
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1956
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1946
Career
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1947 - 1952
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1952 - 1969
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1969 - 1970
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1970
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1975 - 1976