Minority Leader, Utah State Senate

Senator, Utah State Senate, 1959-1965

No caucus information on file.

Senior Judge, United States District Court, District of Utah, 1994-present

Member, Advisory Committee, Tenth Circuit

Fellow, American Bar Association

Research Clerk, Assistant State Attorney General

Former Member, Council of Chief Judges, Tenth Circuit.

Research Clerk, Deputy Prosecutor for Salt Lake County

Former Secretary/Member of Executive Committee, Federal Judges Association

Member of Coordinating Council, Institute for Court Management on Civil Jurisdiction of Tribal and State Courts

Former Member, Judicial Council, Tenth Circuit

Former Chair, Utah Council

President, Utah State Senate

Adjunct Professor, University of Utah, College of Law, 1995-1999

Judge, United States District Court, District of Utah, 1978-1984, 1993-1994

Chief Judge, United States District Court, District of Utah, 1984-1993

Member, Judicial Conference Committee on the Administration of the Bankruptcy System, 1987, 1989

Adjunct Professor, University of Utah, 1987-1988

United States Bankruptcy Judge, District of Utah, 1973-1978

Nominated by President Jimmy Carter, Judge, United States District Court, District of Utah, August 28, 1978

Confirmed by the United States Senate, Judge, United States District Court, District of Utah, September 20, 1978

Referee in Bankruptcy, District of Utah, 1965-1973

Member, Advisory Council, Utah Technical College, 1967-1972

Lawyer, Private Practice, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1952-1965

Deputy County Attorney, Salt Lake County, Utah, 1954-1958

Assistant Attorney General, State of Utah, 1952

Served, United States Navy, 1945-1946

Emeritus Member, American Inn of Court #1

Emeritus Member, American Inn of Court VII

Member, Bar of the United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit

Member, Bar of the United States District Court, District of Utah

Member, Bar of the United States Supreme Court

Past President, Federal District Judges Association, Tenth Circuit

Member/Former President, Salt Lake Committee on Foreign Relations.

Board of Trustees, University of Utah College of Law Alumni Association

Member, Utah State Bar

Member, Institutional Council, Utah State University, 1976-1977

Awards:

1985 "Alumnus of the Year" University of Utah College of Law Alumni Association
1993, honored as Judge of the Year by the Utah State Bar Association
December 1993 Distinguished Judicial Service Award, Federal Bar Association
1995, honored by a Resolution of the Utah State Bar
1993 George Washington Honor Medal by the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge, Utah Chapter
1994, honored by the Utah Bar Foundation "For Dedicated Service to the People of Utah and the Federal Judiciary."
1997 Emeritus Merit of Honor Award by the University of Utah Alumni Association.

Hobbies or Special Talents:

Interested photographer
Collector of books

Publications:

"The First Thing We Do . . .," 6 UTAH BAR J. 31 (Oct. 1993); Causation And The Judicial Equation, 1 COURTS, HEALTH SCIENCE & THE LAW 320 (1991); 4 UTAH BAR J. 24 (Nov. 1991); "There Are Seeds In That Apple," Aldon J. Anderson American Inn of Court (Sept. 26, 1991); "The Essential Teacher," Educator's Hall of Fame Dinner, Davis County Schools (April 27, 1993); "One to Grow On, A Celebration of the Constitution," Annual Constitution Day Banquet, Utah Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (Sept. 12, 1992); The Integrity of Words, 1988 Utah L. Rev. 291; "The Role of the Court in Risk Assessment," in Dealing with Risk: The Courts, the Agencies and Congress, Fourteenth Annual Conference on the Environment, American Bar Association Standing Committee on Environmental Law (May 17-18, 1985), 16 ENV. L. RPTR. 10187 (July 1986); The Essential Quest [The United Nations], VITAL SPEECHES, vol. LVII, no. 4 (1991), 4 UTAH BAR J. 11 (Feb. 1991); "Managing the High Profile Case" (Taking the Constitution Seriously), 2 UTAH BAR J. 14 (Jan. 1989) ; "The Fact Behind the Word," Federal Bar Association, Utah Chapter Luncheon (Feb. 10, 1989); "During Good Behavior . . .," THE UTAH BAR JOURNAL, vol. 14 (1986); African Journey, RES GESTAE (Univ. of Utah College of Law) (Winter 1985); Commencement Address, University of Utah College of Law (May 19, 1979), THE UTAH BAR JOURNAL, vol. 7, nos. 4-9 (Summer-Fall 1979); The Lawyer as an Educator, THE UTAH BAR JOURNAL, vol. 2, no. 1 (Spring 1974); Communication in the Courtroom, 48 Am. Bankr. L.J. 377 (1974); Chapter 26, "Problems of Discretion and Responsibility: The Debate Over Tort Liability," HANDBOOK OF PUBLIC LAW AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION; "Is That a Fact?" (Evidence and the Trial Lawyer), THE UTAH BAR JOURNAL, vol. 12, no. 4 (April 1999); For Thinking Press 1, For Compassion Press 2, For Judgment Press 3, VITAL SPEECHES, vol. LXVIII, no. 7(2002).