Stevens, John Paul
From Astro-Databank
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| born on | 20 April 1920 at 04:12 (= 04:12 AM ) | ||
| Place | Chicago IL, USA, 41n52, 87w39 | ||
| Timezone | CST h6w (is standard time) | ||
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| Astrology data |   00°01'  20°46 Asc. 06°19'
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Biography
American jurist, the 101st Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, appointed by President Gerald R. Ford. He came to the high court on 12/17/1975, was sworn in two days later, just three weeks after his appointment had been announced on 11/28/1975. He waited six years to be able to move from his freshman spot on the court, and as of the turn of the century, he is second only to the Chief Justice in seniority.
From a prominent Chicago family, he had a reputation as a sharp-minded and hardworking attorney. Stevens was the youngest of four sons. His prominent father operated the Stevens and LaSalle hotels, among other businesses until the Depression cost the family much of its wealth. He attended the University of Chicago High School, and then the University itself, where he graduated in 1941 with a B.A. degree and a Phi Beta Kappa key.
He joined the Navy during World War II and was stationed in Washington, DC from 1942-1945. For his role as part of a Navy code-breaking team, he won the Bronze Star. He returned to Chicago at the end of the war, and enrolled in Northwestern University School of Law where he graduated first in his class in 1947.
Before practicing law, Stevens spent 1947-1948 as law clerk to Supreme Court Justice Wiley Rutledge. He joined a Chicago law firm in 1948, and acquired experience in antitrust law which helped him when he served as associate council of the House Judiciary Committee’s subcommittee on monopoly power from 1951-1952. From 1953 to 1955, he was a member of the Attorney General’s National Committee to Study Antitrust Laws. He lectured on antitrust law at Northwestern University School of Law in 1953 and at the University of Chicago Law School in 1954-1955.
In 1952, he helped found the Chicago law firm of Rothschild, Hart, Stevens and Barry. During 1969, he took time from his antitrust cases to serve as general counsel to a special Illinois commission set up to investigate judicial corruption.
On 10/14/1970, President Richard Nixon appointed him a judge of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. He took office on 11/02/1970, beginning five years on the federal bench in Chicago, where he was rated as one of the 12 leading appeals court judges in the country.
In July 1974 he had open-heart surgery.
He was nominated for the Supreme Court by President Gerald Ford on 11/28/1975 and sworn in on 12/19/1975. He served as freshman member of the high court until the appointment of a new justice six years later.
Stevens married Elizabeth Sheeran on 6/07/1942 while serving in the Navy, and they had four children, two adopted, and two after being married for 20 years. They divorced in 1979. He married Maryan Mulholland Simon in 1980. Amiable and modest, he flies his own plane and plays golf, tennis and bridge.
Events
- Work : New Job December 1975 (U.S. Supreme Court)
- Work : New Job 1947 (Attorney)
- Relationship : Marriage 7 June 1942 (Long term marriage to Elizabeth)
- Social : Joined group 1942 (Navy in Washington, DC, four yrs.)
- Social : End a program of study 1947 (Graduated from law school)
- Work : New Job 1951 (House Judiciary subcommittee)
- Work : Start Business 1952 (Helped found law firm)
- Work : New Job 2 November 1970 (Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals)
- Health : Medical procedure July 1974 (Open-heart surgery)
- Work : New Job 19 December 1975 (Appointed to the Supreme Court)
- Relationship : Divorce dates 1979 (From Elizabeth)
- Relationship : Marriage 1980 (Second marriage, Maryan Mulholland Simon)
Source Notes
B.C. in hand from the Wilsons, obtained from Buell Huggins (Same in Contemporary American Horoscopes)
Categories
- Vocation : Law : Attorney
- Family : Parenting : Foster, Step, or Adopted Kids (Two)
- Family : Relationship : Marriage more than 15 Yrs (Two long term marriages, 37 yrs. & 20+ yrs.)
- Vocation : Law : Jurist (U.S. Supreme Court)
- Family : Parenting : Kids 1-3 (Two natural after 20 years of marriage)
- Family : Relationship : Number of Marriages (Two)
- Family : Childhood : Advantaged (Affluent family)
- Family : Childhood : Order of birth (Fourth of four boys)
- Traits : Personality : Hard worker
- Traits : Personality : Gracious/ sociable
- Lifestyle : Social Life : Sports (Golf and tennis)
- Vocation : Travel : Pilot/ private
