Background
Low, Harry William was born on March 12, 1931 in Oakdale, California, United States. Son of Tong J. and Ying G. (Gong) Low.
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Harry William Low
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Associate of Arts, Modesto Junior College, 1950; AB Political Science with honors, University of California, Berkeley, 1952; Juris Doctor, University of California, Berkeley, 1955.
Career
Commissioner, Workmen's Compensation Commission, 1966; teaching associate, Boalt Hall, 1955-1956; deputy attorney general, California Department Justice, 1956-1966; judge, Municipal Court, San Francisco, 1966-1974; presiding judge, Municipal Court, 1972-1973; judge, Superior Court, San Francisco, 1974-1982; presiding justice, California Court Appeals, 1st district, 1982-1992. President San Francisco Police Commission, 1992-1996. Member Judicial Arbitration andMediation Superior vena cava syndrome, since 1992, Commision on Future of Court Justices, 1991-1994, Commission onFuture of Legal Profession, 1993-1995.
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Membership
Chairman board Education Center for Chinese, since 1969, Chinese-American Bilingual School. Board visitors United States Military Academy, 1980-1983. Board directors Friends of Recreationand Parks, Salesian Boys Club, World Affairs Council, 1979-1985, National Conference of Christians and Jews, San Francisco chapter St. Vincent's Boys Home, Coro Foundation, 1970-1976, SanFrancisco Zoological Trust, 1987, Union Bank, since 1993.
President San Francisco City College Foundation, 1977-1987, Institute Chinese Western History U. San Francisco, 1987-1989. Member American Bar Association (chairman appellate judges conference 1990-1991, commissioner on minorities), San Francisco Bar Association, Chinese American Citizens Alliance (president San Francisco chapter 1976-1977, national president 1989-1993), California Judges Association (president 1978-1979), California Judicial Council, State Bar California (research editor publs.1958-1976, public affairs committee 1987-1990, Executive Board 1992-1994), California Conf.Judges (editor journal courts commentary 1973-1976), California Judges Association (Executive Board 1976-1979), Asian Business League (director 1986-1993), National Center StateCts. (board directors 1986-1991), San Francisco Bench Bar Media Commission (Chairman, Board Of Directors 1987-1992), Phi Alpha Delta.
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Married May Ling, August 24, 1952. Children: Larry, Kathy, Allan.
