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Shirley Ann Mount Hufstedler
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1968
Shirley Ann Mount Hufstedler , Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Shirley Ann Mount Hufstedler (August 24, 1925 – March 30, 2016) was an American attorney and judge who served as the first United States secretary of education from 1979 to 1981. She previously served as a U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals from 1968 to 1979. At the time of her presidential cabinet appointment under President Jimmy Carter, she was the highest ranking-woman in the U.S.
Education
- University of New MexicoB.B.A., 1945
- Stanford Law SchoolLL.B., 1949
Career
Private practice, Los Angeles, California, 1950-1961, 1981-; Special legal consultant to the attorney general, State of California, 1960-1961; Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, 1961-1966; Associate justice, California Court of Appeal, 1966-1968; Secretary of Education, 1979-1981; Phleger professor of law, Stanford Law School, 1982
Biography
Shirley Ann Mount Hufstedler (August 24, 1925 – March 30, 2016) was an American attorney and judge who served as the first United States secretary of education from 1979 to 1981. She previously served as a U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals from 1968 to 1979. At the time of her presidential cabinet appointment under President Jimmy Carter, she was the highest ranking-woman in the U.S.
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