George Ross Anderson Jr. (born January 29, 1929) is a former US District Judge of the United States District Court for the South Carolina District.
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Education and career
Anderson was born in Anderson, South Carolina. He earned a Bachelor of Computer Science from Southeastern University in 1949, studied at George Washington University Law School from 1949 to 1951, and received a Bachelor of Law from the Law Faculty of the University of South Carolina in 1954. He is a legislative assistant to US Senator Olin D. Johnston from 1947 to 1951 and from 1953 to 1954. He served in the United States Air Force from 1951 to 1952, achieving the rank of Staff Sergeant. He sat in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1955 to 1956, and practiced law at Anderson from 1954 to 1980.
Other services
Judge Anderson was one of the twelve founders of the South Carolina Association for Justice, and his presidency from 1971 to 1972. They honored him with a lifetime achievement award shortly before he took senior status.
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Federal courts service
Sponsored by US Senator Fritz Hollings, Anderson was nominated by President Jimmy Carter on April 18, 1980, to a seat in US District Court for South Carolina District vacated by Judge James Robert Martin Jr. He was confirmed by United State Senate on 21 May 1980, and received his commission on May 23, 1980. He took senior status on January 29, 2009, his 80th birthday. His service was discontinued on March 1, 2016, as he retired.
References
External links
- George Ross Anderson Jr. in the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges , public domain publications from the Federal Judicial Center.
- George Ross Anderson at Ballotpedia
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