James Arnold von der Heydt

Background

Heydt, James Arnold von der was born on July 15, 1919 in Miles City, Montana, United States. Son of Harry Karl and Alice S. (Arnold) von der Heydt.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Albion (Michigan) College, 1942;Juris Doctor, Northwestern, 1951.

Career

Deputy United States marshall, Nome, Alaska, 1945—1948. United States commissioner United States District Court Alaska, 1951. United States attorney United States Attorney' General’ s Office (district Alaska), 1951—1953.

Private practice attorney Nome, Alaska, 1953—1959. Member Alaska House Representatives, 1957—1959. Presiding judge Alaska Superior Court, Juneau, Alaska, 1959—1966.

Judge United States District Court Alaska, 1966—1973, chief judge, 1973—1984, senior judge, since 1984.

Achievements

• Bar: Alaska 1951.

Works

More photos

• book

  • Alaska, The Short and Long of It

• Other Work

  • Author: Mother Sawtooth's Nome, 1990, Alaska, The Short and Long of It, 2000.

Membership

President Anchorage Fine Arts Museum Association. Member Alaska Bar Association (member of the Board of Governors 1955-1959, president 1959-1960), American Judicature Society, Masons (32d degree), Phi Delta Phi, Sigma Nu.

Interests

• Avocation: researching Arctic bird life, creative writing.

Connections

Married Verna E. Johnson, May 21, 1952.

Father:

Harry Karl Heydt

Mother:

Alice S. (Arnold) Heydt

Spouse:

Verna E. Johnson