Background
Hays, Jack D. H. was born on February 17, 1917 in Lund, Nevada, United States. Son of Charles Harold and Thelma (Savage) Hays.
Hays, Jack D. H. was born on February 17, 1917 in Lund, Nevada, United States. Son of Charles Harold and Thelma (Savage) Hays.
Graduate, Southern Methodist University, 1941.
Since practiced in, Phoenix. Assistant city attorney, 1949-1952. United States attorney District Arizona, 1953-1960.
Superior court judge Maricopa County, 1960-1969. Justice Arizona Supreme Court, since 1969, chief justice, 1972-1974. Member 21st Arizona Legislature, 1952.
Member Young Republican Executive Committee, 1948-1950, Republican State Central Committee, 1948-1953. Vice chairman Maricopa Republican Committee, 1949-1953. Arizona chairman Eisenhower for President, 1952.
Member State Justice Planning Governing Board, 1969-1974. Member advisory board Roosevelt council Boy Scouts American. Awards juror Freedoms Foundation, Valley Forge, 1973.
Board directors Maricopa Legal Aid Society Served as major Field Artillery Army of the United States, 1941-1946. Member American Judicature Society (Herbert Lincoln Harley award 1974), American Law Institute, Federal Bar Association, American Bar Association, Inter-American Bar Association, Arizona Judges Association (president 1965-1966), Institute Judicial Administration, Arizona Academy, Association Trial Lawyers American (Outstanding State Appellate Judge award 1984), Lambda Chi Alpha, Phi Alpha Delta. Lodges: Rotary.
Children by previous marriage– Eugene Harrington, Rory Cochrane, Bruce Harvey, Victoria Wakeling.