Raymond Wesley Starr

Background

Starr, Raymond Wesley was born on August 24, 1888 in Harbor Springs, Michigan, United States. Son of John Travis and Jeanette Amanda (Blackman) Starr.

Education

Graduate Ferris Institute, 1907. Bachelor of Laws, University of Michigan, 1910. Honorary Juris Doctor, Detroit College of Law, 1938.

Honorary Doctor of Laws, Ferris Institute, 1945.

Career

Born in Harbor Springs, Michigan, Starr received an Bachelor of Laws from the University of Michigan Law School in 1910. He was in private practice in Grand Rapids, Michigan from 1910 to 1937, and was then Attorney General of Michigan from 1937 to 1938, thereafter returning to private practice until 1941. He was a Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court from 1941 to 1946.

On July 3, 1946, Starr was nominated by President Harry South. Truman to a seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan vacated by Fred Morton Raymond.

Starr was confirmed by the United States Senate on July 23, 1946, and received his commission on July 25, 1946. He served as chief judge from 1954 to 1961, assuming senior status on August 15, 1961.

Starr served in that capacity until his death, in 1968.

Achievements

• Raymond Wesley Starr has been listed as a reputable judge by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American, Michigan, Grand Rapids bar associations. Mason.; Clubs: Peninsular, Torch.

Connections

Married Minnie Esseline Johnson, 1912. Children: John Gerritt, Barbara.

Father:

John Travis Starr

Mother:

Jeanette Amanda (Blackman) Starr

Spouse:

Minnie Esseline Johnson

child:

John Gerritt Starr

child:

Barbara Starr