Background
Ketcham, Orman Weston was born on October 1, 1918 in Brooklyn. Son of Walter Seymour and Arline May (Weston) Ketcham.
Ketcham, Orman Weston was born on October 1, 1918 in Brooklyn. Son of Walter Seymour and Arline May (Weston) Ketcham.
Bachelor, Princeton University, 1940; postgraduate, Yale University, 1940-1941; Bachelor of Laws, Yale University, 1947; Juris Doctor, Yale University, 1971.
With, Covington & Burling, Washington, 1947-1953;
assistant general counsel, Foreign Operations Administration, Washington, 1953-1955;
trial attorney antitrust division, Justice Department, 1955-1957;
judge, Juvenile Court District of Columbia, 1957-1971;
judge, Superior Court District of Columbia, 1971-1977;
senior staff attorney, National Center State Court Justices, 1977-1981;
senior fellow, Washington College Law Institute, 1981-1983. Adjunct Professor law Georgetown University, 1963-1967, University of Virginia, 1971-1977, William and Mary College, 1978-1980, American U., 1981-1992. Member United States Education Appeal Board, 1982-1990. acting chairman, 1984-1985.
Member county of judges National Council on Crime and Delinquency, 1959-1975, board directors, 1974-1983. Member United States delegate United Nations Congress on Crime, Stockholm, 1965, Geneva, 1975. Member National Committee on Secondary Education, 1970-1974.
Chairman advisory county to Select Committee on Crime, House of Representatives, 1969-1970.
Washington representative Fund for the Republic, 1953. Member visiting committee Brookings Institution, 1971-1976. Board directors Children's National Medical Center, 1987-1990.
Member American Bar Association, Bar Association District of Columbia, American Law Institute, National Council Juvenile and Family Court Judges (president 1965-1966), International Association Youth Magistrates (vice president 1966-1974) Clubs: Cosmos, Princeton (Washington), Chevy Chase.
Married Anne Phelps Stokes, December 22, 1947. Children: Anne Weston Ketcham Felder, Helen Phelps Ketcham Ryan, Elizabeth Miner Ketcham Mercogliano, Susan Stokes Ketcham.