Choy, Herbert
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Birthname | Herbert Young Cho Choy | ||||
born on | 5 January 1916 at 06:00 (= 06:00 AM ) | ||||
Place | Makaweli, Hawaii, 21n56, 159w39 | ||||
Timezone | HST h10w30 (is standard time) | ||||
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Biography
American lawyer noted as the first Asian American to serve as a United States federal judge and the first person of Korean ancestry to be admitted to the bar in the United States. He served as a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. From 1957 to 1958, Choy served as Attorney General for the Territory of Hawaii. Choy died in Honolulu on 10 March 2004 at age 88 due to complications from pneumonia.
Events
Source Notes
Sy Scholfield provided birth certificate which twice states 5 January. Other references, including the U.S. Social Security Death Index, have 6 January.
Categories
- Diagnoses : Major Diseases : Pneumonia
- Personal : Death : Illness/ Disease (Pneumonia)
- Personal : Death : Long life more than 80 yrs (Age 88)
- Vocation : Law : Attorney
- Vocation : Law : Jurist
- Notable : Famous : First in Field
Categories:
- 1916 births
- Birthday 5 January
- Birthplace Makaweli, HI (US)
- Sun 14 Capricorn
- Moon 20 Capricorn
- Asc 1 Capricorn
- 2004 deaths
- Diagnoses : Major Diseases : Pneumonia
- Personal : Death : Illness/ Disease
- Personal : Death : Long life more than 80 yrs
- Vocation : Law : Attorney
- Vocation : Law : Jurist
- Notable : Famous : First in Field