Background
Bacon, Sylvia was born on July 9, 1931 in Watertown, South Dakot. Daughter of Julius Franklin and Anne Rae (Hyde) Bacon.
Bacon, Sylvia was born on July 9, 1931 in Watertown, South Dakot. Daughter of Julius Franklin and Anne Rae (Hyde) Bacon.
Born in Watertown, South Dakota, Bacon attended Watertown High School, and received a B.A. in Economics from Vassar College after three years (1952), a Graduate Certificate in Economics from the London School of Economics through a Rotary Fellowship (1953), an LL.B. from Harvard Law School (1956), and an LL.M. from the Georgetown University Law Center (1959).
Law clerk to federal judge, 1956-1957;
assistant United States Attorney, Washington, 1957-1965;
associate director, President Commision on Crime in District of Columbia, 1965-1967;
trial attorney, unites states department Justice, 1967-1969;
executive assistant United State Attorneys, Washington, 1969-1970;
judge, District of Columbia Superior Court, Washington, 1970-1992;
judge-in-residence Columbus School Law, Catholic U. American, Washington, 1993-1995;
lecturer, Catholic U. American, Washington, since 1995;
adjudicator, Office of Compliance, United States Congress, Washington, since 1996. Adjunct Professor Georgetown Law Center, 1968-1970, 72-76. Member of faculty National Institute Trial Advocacy, since 1991.
Board directors National Center State Court Justices, 1975-1979, National College Criminal Defense, 1978-1986. Member of faculty National Judicial College, 1974-1979, board directors, 1980-1987. Lecturer American Academy Judicial Education, 1972-1982.
Board of directors National Home Library. Foundation, 1968-1970. Member American Association of University Women, American Bar Association (board directors 1988-1991), Bar Association District of Columbia (board directors 1965-1967), District of Columbia Women's Bar Association, American Inns of Court, Executive Women in Government, Business and Professional Women's Association, National Association Women Judges, Supreme Court History Society.