Background
Rowley, James Elliott was born on April 8, 1926 in Tarentum, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Myron Elliott and Ethelwyn Marie (Beatty) Rowley.
Rowley, James Elliott was born on April 8, 1926 in Tarentum, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Myron Elliott and Ethelwyn Marie (Beatty) Rowley.
Student, Geneva College, 1943. Student, Carnegie Institute of Technology, 1944. Bachelor, Washington and Jefferson College, 1949.
Juris Doctor, University Pittsburgh, 1952.
From associate to partner, Rowley, Smith & Lewis, Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, 1953-1966; special assistant attorney general, Pennsylvania Workmen's Insurance Fund, Pittsburgh, 1963-1966; Judge, Court common Pleas 36th Judicial District, Beaver, Pennsylvania, 1966-1982; judge, Superior Court Pennsylvania, Beaver, since 1982; president judge, Superior Court Pennsylvania, Beaver, since 1990.
Board directors Mill Creek History Society, Beaver County, Aliquippa Hospital, Aliquippa Young Men’s Christian Association, Beaver County United Fund, Aliquippa Area United Fund. Member Logetown District Boy Scouts American, Aliquippa. With United States Army, 1944-1946.
Member American Bar Association, Pennsylvania Bar Association, Beaver County Bar Association, American Judicature Society, Pennsylvania Conference State Trial Judges, Center for Judicial Conduct Organizations (advisory committee 1987), Order of Coif.
Married Ruth A. Agnew, June 14, 1949. 1 child, Daniel Agnew.