Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr.

Personal Information
Born September 19, 1907 in Suffold, VA
Married Josephine Pierce Rucker in 1936
Children: Josephine McRae, Ann Pendelton, Mary Lewis Gwathmey and Lewis Franklin III

Education
College: Washington and Lee University, B.S., 1929, magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa
Law School: Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1931; LL.B, 1932

Law Practice
Bronze and Gibson, Richmond, VA
General counsel, 1935 to1971

Judicial Offices

Appointed by President Nixon as Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court; took oath of office January 7, 1972. Retired June 26, 1987.

July 1995