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Malcolm Richard Wilkey

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit · 1970

Malcolm Richard Wilkey , Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Malcolm Richard Wilkey (December 6, 1918 – August 15, 2009) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and United States Ambassador to Uruguay.

Education

  • Harvard UniversityA.B., 1940
  • Harvard Law SchoolLL.B., 1948

Career

U.S. Army major, 1941-1945; U.S. Army Reserve lieutenant colonel, 1946-1953; Private practice, Texas, 1948-1954, 1961-1963; Instructor, University of Houston School of Law, 1949-1954; U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Texas, 1954-1958; Assistant attorney general, U.S. Department of Justice, 1958-1961; Office of Legal Affairs, 1958-1959; Criminal Division, 1959-1961; General counsel and secretary, Kennecott Copper Corporation, 1963-1970; Ambassador to Uruguay, U.S. Department of State, 1985-1990

Biography

Malcolm Richard Wilkey (December 6, 1918 – August 15, 2009) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and United States Ambassador to Uruguay.

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