Kansas boy rose to Supreme Court
A Kansas lad who was destined to become a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States attended public schools in Kansas and worked on his father's farm.
Born in 1901, Charles Evans Whittaker continued to contribute to his own schooling by working as an office boy for the Kansas City law firm of Watson, Gage and Kas while attending law school. He was graduated from the Kansas City School of Law—now the Law School of the University of Missouri at Kansas City—with an LLB, degree in 1824.
Whittaker began his climb to the top as a member of the Missouri Bar in 1923. He became a junior partner of the firm he served as a student in 1928 and a member of the succeeding firm, Watson, Kas, Whittaker, Marshall and Enggas, in 1932. He remained with that firm until July, 1954, when he turned to his service of his country.
As a member of the Kansas City law firm, Whittaker specialized in trial work until about 1942. Thereafter, he gave an ever-increasingly large amount of time to appl-
late work, office counseling, and to corporate and financial matters.
During much of this time, Whit-taker also served as a member of the Board of Governors of the Missouri Bar. In 1953, he was elected President of the Missouri Bar, a position he held until appointed as a federal judge.
When he left the law firm in July, 1954, Whittaker took his first federal office as a U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Missouri. This was the first of three appointments instigated by President Eisenhower.
Justice Charles Whittaker
Whittaker was appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in May, 1956. One month later, he took the oath of office and assumed his duties.
On March 2, 1957, he was nominated by the President as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. This nomination was speedily confirmed by the Senate, whereupon Whittaker was commissioned and took his seat on March 25, 1957.
Whittaker was the first Missourian in history to be named to the Supreme Court of the United States and also the first native Kansan ever to serve on the Court.
For health reasons, Whittaker was forced to retire from further active service on the Court on April 1, 1962. However, he remains a Justice of the Supreme Court and may serve on any other federal court as needed and assigned.
The Justice holds many honorary degrees and is a member of sundry bar associations, clubs and fraternities.
He now maintains offices for his main base of operations in the Federal Courts Building in Kansas City where he has made his home.
Scientist to speak Anthropologist has also authored 25 books
Dr. Ashley Montagu, anthropologist and author of 25 books, including "The Humanization of Man," will speak at 10:30 a.m., April 12 on the topic of "Can High Culture Survive in a Democratic Society" in Hoch Auditorium.
He was born in London, England, and studied at the University of London and the University of Florence, receiving his Ph.D. from Columbia in 1937.
Montagu is married and has three children—Audrey, Barbara, and Geoffrey. He and his family came to the U.S. in 1930 and then became citizens in 1940.
He has held several important positions including associate professor of anthropology in Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital in Philadelphia and the chairmanship of the department of anthropology at Rutgers University. He has been a lecturer and a visiting professor at several universities.
Dr. Montagu is an expert in legal science relating to race. He produced, financed, wrote, and directed the film "One World or None," and he was responsible for the drafting of the statement of race for UNESCO in 1949-50.
Loyal singers
In 1956, the Jayhawk Quartet was the only college group in the country that belonged to the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America.
Daily Kansan
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