Merritt Cleveland Warren

Background

Warren, Merritt Cleveland was born on September 18, 1923 in Ulysses, Nebraska, United States. Son of Willard Bentley and Fern Ruth (Spelts) Warren.

Education

Student, Hastings College, 1941-1943; student, Doane College, 1943-1944; student, Cornell Univercity, 1945; Bachelor of Laws, U. Colorado, 1949.

Career

City attorney, City of Creighton, Nebraska, 1951-1969; county attorney, Knox County, Center, Nebraska, 1953-1961; district judge, 9th Judicial District, Creighton, Nebraska, 1961-1991. Member Nebraska Judicial Qualifications Commission, Lincoln, 1981-1985.

Achievements

• Merritt Cleveland Warren has been listed as a reputable State judge by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Creighton Board of Education, 1951-1968, president 1953-1956. Member Creighton Hospital Board, 1953-1987. Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Navy, 1943-1946, Mediterranean Theatre of Operations.

Member American Bar Association, Nebraska State Bar Association, Nebraska District Judges' Association (president 1979-1980), 9th Judicial Bar Association (president 1971), Creighton Chamber of Commerce (president 1953-1954), Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Legion, Masons.

Interests

• Avocations: golf, stamp collecting.

Connections

Married Geraldine Ruth Gillespie, May 28, 1922. Children: Bruce Willard, Merritt Gregg, Jean Marie Henes, Sue Ann Dlouhy.

Father:

Willard Bentley Warren

Mother:

Fern Ruth (Spelts) Warren

Spouse:

Geraldine Ruth Gillespie

child:

Jean Marie Henes Warren

child:

Merritt Gregg Warren

child:

Sue Ann Dlouhy Warren

child:

Bruce Willard Warren