Roger Sherman Ruffin

Background

Ruffin, Roger Sherman was born on May 18, 1927 in San Diego, California, United States. Son of Roger Sherman and Eula Mae (Prather) Ruffin.

Education

Bachelor in Economics with honors and distinction, San Diego State University, 1950. Juris Doctor, Stanford University, 1953.

Career

Associate Luce, Forward, Kunzel & Scripps, San Diego, 1954-1958. Partner Reed, Brockway & Ruffin, 1958-1961. Judge San Diego Municipal Court, 1961-1965, presiding judge, 1965.

Judge Superior Court State California, County of San Diego, 1965-1971. Private practice law San Francisco and San Diego, from 1971. Senior lecturer in philosophy University California at San Diego, 1967-1972.

Member faculty California College Trial Judges, Earl Warren Legal Center University California, Berkeley, 1968-1969, University California Hastings College Law Center for Trial and Apellate Advocacy, since 1977. Executive committee California State Bar Conference of Delegates, 1985-1987.

Achievements

• Bar: California 1954.

Membership

Chairman board trustees Humanistic Psychology Institute. Chairman Corrections Commission San Diego Community Welfare Council. Law and justice task force San Diego Urban Coalition.

Trustee Saybrook Institute. Chairman San Diego Airport Commission, 1973-1974. With United States Army, 1945-1946.

Member San Francisco Bar Association (board directors since 1981), California Attorneys for Criminal Justice, San Diego Criminal Defense Lawyers Club (president), Lawyers Club San Francisco.

Connections

Married Carol A. Haines 1953. Children Lucia, Margaret. Married Beatrice Bright, January 26, 1967. Children: Anthony, Sara,

Selene.

Father:

Roger Sherman Ruffin

Mother:

Eula Mae (Prather) Ruffin

Spouse:

Carol Haines

child:

Lucia Ruffin

child:

Margaret Ruffin

child:

Anthony Ruffin

child:

Sara Ruffin