Gerald F. Schroeder

Background

Schroeder, Gerald F. was born on September 13, 1939 in Boise, Idaho, United States. Son of Frank Frederick and Josephine Ivy (Lucas) Schroeder.

Education

Born in Boise, Idaho, Schroeder attended public schools in Caldwell and Baker Oregon, where he was salutatorian at Baker High School in 1957. He attended the College of Idaho in Caldwell and received a Bachelor of Arts in history in 1961, and originally had planned to be a history professor

Career

He was appointed to the court in 1995 by Governor Philosophy Batt, and was elected chief justice by his peers in 2004. He served on the court for over a dozen years and retired in July 2007. He took the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) on a whim and did well and was accepted to law school at Harvard University near Boston, and earned his Juris Doctor in 1964.

Schroeder returned to Idaho and worked for several firms and was a deputy United States. attorney until 1969, when he became a county probate judge in Boise, and then a magistrate two years later.

He became a state judge in 1975 in the fourth district (Boise), a position he held for two decades, until his appointment to the state supreme court in January 1995. Schroeder retained his seat in 1996 and 2002, unopposed in both statewide elections.

As a district judge, Schroeder made headlines in 1987 as he ruled that the state lottery initiative, approved by voters the previous November, was unconstitutional. His decision was upheld 4-1 by the state supreme court, and resulted in an amendment to the state constitution.

Voters approved that in November 1988, and the lottery was launched in July 1989.

Schroeder handed out a death sentence to double-murderer Keith Wells in 1992, which was carried out in January 1994, Idaho"s first execution in over 36 years and only the tenth in state history. He was among the officials that witnessed the execution by lethal injection at the state prison, south of Boise.

Achievements

• Gerald F. Schroeder has been listed as a noteworthy State supreme court justice by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board of directors Boise Philharmonic Association, 1978-1981. Administrative and district judge 4th district State of Idaho, 1985-1995. Member Idaho Bar Association, Boise Racquet and Swim Club (president of the board directors 1991-1993).

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Connections

Married Carole Ann McKenna, 1967. Children: Karl Casteel, Erich Frank.

Father:

Frank Frederick Schroeder

Mother:

Josephine Ivy (Lucas) Schroeder

Spouse:

Carole Ann McKenna

child:

Erich Frank Schroeder

child:

Karl Casteel Schroeder