Background
BURGER, Warren Earl was born on September 17, 1907 in Saint Paul. Son of Charles Joseph Burger and Katharine Schnittger.
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BURGER, Warren Earl was born on September 17, 1907 in Saint Paul. Son of Charles Joseph Burger and Katharine Schnittger.
Student, University Minnesota, 1925—1927. Bachelor of Laws magna cum laude, St. Paul College Law (now Mitchell College Law), 1931. Doctor of Laws (honorary), William Mitchell College Law.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Minnesota. Doctor of Laws (honorary), New York University. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Columbia University.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Pennsylvania. Doctor of Laws (honorary), New York College Law. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Georgetown University.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), American University. Doctor of Laws (honorary), College William and Mary. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Mercer University.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Yeshiva University. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Howard University. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Ripon College.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Washington College. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Brigham Young University. Doctor of Laws (honorary), George Washington University.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), West Virginia University. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Pace University. HHD (honorary), other colleges universities.
Assistant Attorney-General of United States 1953-1956. Judge, United States Court of Appeals, Washington, District of Columbia 1956-1969. Chief Justice of United States 1969-1987.
Chancellor College, of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia.
Chairman Judicial Conference of United States since 1969. Honorary Chairman Institute of Judicial Administration.
Chairman Commission, on Bicentennial of United States Constitution. Faculty Appellate Judges’ Seminar, New York University since 1958.
Guest Lecturer Fordham University, New York 1973, Frankfurt University, Stockholm University, Uppsala University, Salzburg Seminar for American Studies.
Chairman Criminal Justice Project, American Bar Association. Churchill Lecturer 1987. President Bentham Club, University College London 1972-1973.
Chancellor, Board of Regents, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, District of Columbia Chairman Board of Trustees.
National Gallery of Artist
Washington, District of Columbia Trustee Emeritus William Mitchell College, of Law, Saint Paul, Minnesota, Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota, and Macalester College, Saint Paul, Minnesota. Trustee, National Geographic Society.
Honorary Master of the Bench, Middle Temple, l.ondon 1969.
Honorary Doctor of Laws (Columbia University, New York University, University of Pennsylvania, Georgetown University, American University, University of Minnesota, George Washington University). Presidential.
Chancellor emeritus Smithsonian Institution. Trustee emeritus Mitchell College Law, Macalester College, St. Paul, Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota. Trustee National Geography Society.
Honorary chairman National Judicial College U. Nevada, National Center for State Court Justices, Williamsburg. Honorary chairman Supreme Court History Society. Trustee and chairman National Gallery of Art, 1969-1986.
President emeritus Bentham Club, London, 1971-1972.
Married Elvera Stromberg, November 8, 1933. Children: Wade Allan, Margaret Mary Elizabeth.