Education
University of Virginia. University of Virginia School of Law.
University of Virginia. University of Virginia School of Law.
Born in Seattle, Washington, Beezer received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Virginia in 1951 and an Bachelor of Laws from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1956. He was a United States. Marine Corps Reserve Lieutenant from 1951 to 1953. He was in private practice in Seattle, Washington from 1956 to 1984, serving as a judge pro tem on the Seattle Municipal Court from 1962 to 1976.
On March 2, 1984, Beezer was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit vacated by Eugene Allen Wright.
Beezer was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 27, 1984, and received his commission on March 28, 1984. He assumed senior status on July 31, 1996.
Beezer died from lung cancer in Seattle on March 30, 2012, at age 83.