Henry Wadsworth McGee

Background

McGee,, Henry Wadsworth was born on December 31, 1932 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Henry Wadsworth and Attyebelle (Truesdale) McGee.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Journalism, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1954. Juris Doctor, DePaul University, Chicago, 1957. Master of Laws, Columbia University, 1970.

Career

Editor Associate Negro Press, Chicago, 1954-1956. Assistant state's attorney Cook County State's Attorney, 1958-1961. Associate Jesmer & Harris, 1961-1965.

Regional legal services director United States Office of Economic Opportunity Legal Services Program, 1966-1967. Research director Legal Services to Youth University Chicago Law School, 1967-1968. Benjamin Nathan Cardozo fellow Columbia University, New York City, 1968-1969.

Professor law University of California at Los Angeles, 1969-1993, director graduate program, 1988-1994. Professor law Seattle University, since 1994. Professor emeritus University of California at Los Angeles, since 1993.

Fulbright professor University Madrid, 1982.

Achievements

• Bar: Illinois 1957, United States District Court (northern district) Illinois 1961, California 1975, Supreme Court of the United States Court 1966.

Membership

Board directors 1000 Friends of Washington, Seattle, since 1998, Central Area Development Corporation, Seattle, since 1998. Violinist, president board directors Seattle Philharmonic Orgh. Member National Bar Association, National Hispanic Bar Association, Loren Miller Bar Association, Sigma Pi Phi, Sigma Delta Chi, Blue Key.

Connections

Married Victoria Louise Kill, June 21, 1996. Children (by previous marriage) Henry W. III, Kevin T., Byron Kenneth, Gregory Roth, Erik Casely.

Father:

Henry Wadsworth McGee,

Mother:

Attyebelle (Truesdale) McGee,

Spouse:

Victoria Louise Kill