Background
Burdick, Eugene Allan was born on October 15, 1912 in Williston, North Dakota, United States. Son of Usher Lloyd and Emma Cecelia (Robertson) Burdick.
Burdick, Eugene Allan was born on October 15, 1912 in Williston, North Dakota, United States. Son of Usher Lloyd and Emma Cecelia (Robertson) Burdick.
Bachelor of Arts, University Minnesota, 1933; Juris Doctor, University of Minnesota, 1935.
Sole practice, Williston, 1935-1953. State's attorney Williams County, 1939-1945. District judge, 1953-1978.
Commissioner Uniform State Laws for State of North Dakota, from 1959. Draftsman North Dakota Rules of Civil Procedure, 1954-1957, North Dakota Juvenile Court Forms, Pattern Jury Instructions civil and criminal. Member Juvenile Court Judges Advisory Council for Children and Youth, 1959-1967, 68-76.
Draftsman Rules of Court for District Courts, 1962-1963. President National Conference Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, 1971-1973, chairman committee style, since 1975, life member.
President James Memorial Library, Williston, 1948-1965. Member executive committee North Dakota Conference Social Welfare, 1963-1967. Chairman Governor's Committee on Children and Youth, 1965-1971.
Member, vice chairman executive committee Governor's Council Human Resources. Fellow American Bar Foundation (life member). Member American Bar Association (co-author appellate opinion writing manual), State Bar Association North Dakota (president 1950-1951, Distinguished Service award 1984), American Law Institute(lifemem.), American Judicature Society, Institute Judicial Administration, Sarasota Yacht Club, American Contract Bridge League, Kiwanis (past president Williston), Elks (honorary life member), Williston Toastmasters (honorary member), Honorary Order of Kentucky Colonels, Order of Coif, Phi Alpha Delta (honorary), Sigma Nu.
Married May Picard, February 14, 1939. Children: William Eugene, Elizabeth Jane Burdick Cantarine.