Background
Day, Roland Bernard was born on June 11, 1919 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Peter Oliver and Joanna King (Wescott) Day.
Chief justice state supreme court
Day, Roland Bernard was born on June 11, 1919 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Peter Oliver and Joanna King (Wescott) Day.
Bachelor of Arts, University Wisconsin, 1942; Juris Doctor, University of Wisconsin, 1947.
Trainee, Office Wisconsin Attorney General, 1947;
associate member firm, Maloney & Wheeler, Madison, Wisconsin, 1947-1949;
1st assistant district attorney, Dane County, Wisconsin, 1949-1952;
partner firm, Day, Goodman, Madison, 1953-1957;
firm, Wheeler, Van Sickle, Day & Anderson, Madison, 1959-1974;
legal counsel member of staff, Sen. William Proxmire, Washington, 1957-1958;
justice, Wisconsin Supreme Court, Madison, 1974-1995;
chief justice, Wisconsin Supreme Court, Madison, 1995-1996. Member Madison Housing Authority, 1960-1964, chairman, 1961-1963.
Regent University of Wisconsin System, 1972-1974.
Served with Army of the United States, 1943-1946. Member American Bar Association, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, State Bar Wisconsin, Ygdrasil Literature Society (president 1968), Madison Torske Klubben, Masons (33rd degree). Clubs: Madison, Madison Literature.
Married Mary Jane Purcell, December 18, 1948. 1 daughter, Sarah Jane.