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Harry Blackmun

Harry BlackmunAKA Harry Andrew Blackmun

Born: 12-Nov-1908
Birthplace: Nashville, IL
Died: 4-Mar-1999
Location of death: Arlington, VA
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Buried, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA

Gender: Male
Religion: Methodist
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Judge

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: US Supreme Court Justice, 1970-94

Author of Roe v. Wade (1973).

Father: Corwin Blackmun
Mother: Theo Reuter
Wife: Dorothy E. Clark (m. 1941, d. 13-Jul-2006, three daughters)
Daughter: Nancy
Daughter: Sally
Daughter: Susan

    University: BA Mathematics, Harvard University (1929)
    Law School: Harvard Law School (1932)

    US Supreme Court Justice (1970-94)
    Dorsey & Whitney
    American Bar Association
    American College of Trial Lawyers Honorary Fellow
    Cosmos Club resigned 1988
    Order of the Coif Honorary
    Rotary International
    Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity
    Phi Beta Kappa Society
    Margaret Sanger Award 1996
    Prostate Surgery Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (14-Nov-1977)
    Hip Replacement Surgery
    Hernia Operation (Jul-1987)
    Risk Factors: Prostate Cancer

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Amistad (4-Dec-1997) · Associate Justice Joseph Story


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