George C. Carr
George C. Carr | |
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Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida | |
In office 1989–1990 | |
Preceded by | William Terrell Hodges |
Succeeded by | Susan H. Black |
Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida | |
In office December 16, 1977 – January 26, 1990 | |
Appointed by | Jimmy Carter |
Preceded by | Charles R. Scott |
Succeeded by | Anne C. Conway |
Personal details | |
Born | George Carter Carr July 26, 1929 Lakeland, Florida |
Died | January 26, 1990 Lakeland, Florida | (aged 60)
Education | University of Florida (BSBA) Fredric G. Levin College of Law (LLB) |
George Carter Carr (July 26, 1929 – January 26, 1990) was an American lawyer and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.
Education and career
[edit]Born in Lakeland, Florida, Carr received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Florida in 1951 and his Bachelor of Laws from the Fredric G. Levin College of Law at the University of Florida in 1954. Carr was in private practice in Florida from 1954 to 1978. He served as assistant county attorney to the Board of County Commissioners of Polk County from 1959 to 1973 and county attorney from 1973 to 1978.[1]
Federal judicial service
[edit]President Jimmy Carter nominated Carr to the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida on November 21, 1977, to the seat vacated by Judge Charles R. Scott. Confirmed by the United States Senate on December 15, 1977, he received commission the next day. Carr served as Chief Judge from 1989 to 1990. He remained on the court until his death at age 60 from a brain tumor on January 26, 1990, in Lakeland.[2] He was succeeded on the court by Judge Anne C. Conway.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b George Carter Carr at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- ^ AP (28 January 1990). "George Carter Carr, Federal Judge, 60". The New York Times.
Sources
[edit]- George Carter Carr at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- Obituary from The New York Times
- 1929 births
- 1990 deaths
- People from Lakeland, Florida
- University of Florida alumni
- Fredric G. Levin College of Law alumni
- Judges of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida
- United States district court judges appointed by Jimmy Carter
- 20th-century American judges
- 20th-century American lawyers
- Florida lawyers