Background
Kimball, Spencer Levan was born on August 26, 1918 in Thatcher, Arizona, United States. Son of Spencer Woolley and Camilla (Eyring) Kimball.
Kimball, Spencer Levan was born on August 26, 1918 in Thatcher, Arizona, United States. Son of Spencer Woolley and Camilla (Eyring) Kimball.
Bachelor of Science, University Arizona, 1940. Postgraduate, University Utah, 1947. Bachelor of Civil Law, Oxford University, England, 1949.
Doctor of Juridical Science, University Wisconsin, 1958.
Bar: Utah 1950, Michigan 1965, Wisconsin 1968, United States District Court (western district) Wisconsin 1968, Supreme Court of the United States Court 1982, United States Court Appeals (9th circuit) 1986. Association professor of University Utah College Law, Salt Lake City, 1949-1950, dean, 1950-1954, professor, 1954-1957, research professor emeritus, 1993. Professor University of Michigan, 1957-1968, director legal research Law School, 1962-1967.
Staff director Wisconsin Insurance Law Revision Project, 1966-1979.
Professor of law, dean University of Wisconsin Law School, 1968-1972. Executive director American Bar Foundation, Chicago, 1972-1982.
Professor of law University of Chicago, 1972-1988, Seymour Logan professor, 1978-1988, Seymour Logan professor emeritus, 1988., Utah State Bar, Wisconsin State Bar, International Association Insurance Law (honorary president, past president United States chapter, member presidential council), Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi.
(Book by Kimball, Spencer L., Denenberg, Herbert S.)
Author: Insurance and Public Policy (Elizur Wright award), 1960, Introduction to the Legal System, 1966, Essays in Insurance Regulation, 1966, Cases and Materials on Insurance Law, 1992. (with Werner Pfenningstorf) The Regulation of Insurance Companies in the United States and the European Communities: A Comparative Study, 1981. Editor: (with Herbert Denenberg) Insurance, Government and Social Policy, 1969, (with Werner Pfenningstorf) Legal Service Plans, 1977.
Board editors: Journal Insurance Regulation, International Journal Insurance Law, Assicurazioni. Contributor articles to professional journals.
Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946. Fellow American Bar Foundation, Wisconsin Bar Foundation. Member American Bar Association, Michigan State Bar, Utah State Bar, Wisconsin State Bar, International Association Insurance Law (honorary president, past president United States chapter, member presidential council) Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Kathryn Ann Murphy, June 12, 1939. Married Virginia Barrus Johnson, June 4, 1994. Children: Barbara Jean (Mistress Thomas Sherman), Judith Ann (Mistress William Stillion), Kathleen Louise, Spencer David, Kent Douglas, Timothy Jay.