Hilbert Schauer

Hilbert Schauer (April 2, 1920 – July 12, 2015) was a justice of the Colorado Supreme Court from 1965 to 1967. Early life, military service, and education Born in Underwood, North Dakota, and raised on a farm near Tribune, Kansas, Schauer was drafted in the United States Army in 1942, achieving the rank of first lieutenant in the European theatre of World War II, where he "commanded a company of black soldiers" in the then-segregated military. Schauer attended Southern Methodist University before receiving a B.A. from the University of Denver and a J.D. from the University of Denver College of Law. Legal career After working for a time in the private practice of law, he served as a municipal judge, deputy district attorney, and assistant district attorney for Logan County, Colorado, before being elected to a seat as a Colorado District Court judge on December 14, 1958.