Schuyler W. Jackson

Schuyler Wood Jackson (November 24, 1904 – December 14, 1964) was a lawyer and a justice of the Kansas Supreme Court from April 7, 1958, to February 8, 1964. Life and education He was born November 24, 1904, in Eureka, Kansas to Fred S. Jackson and Inez Sara Wood Jackson. He attended Topeka public schools before going on to graduate in 1927 from Washburn University with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He then went to Harvard Law School to obtain his law degree in 1930. Although a dedicated man of law, he loved the outdoors including hunting and fishing. He gave his time and expertise to his church, the Grace Cathedral, as well as being involved in professorial organisations and civic clubs. He was a member of the American Society of International Law, the American Judicature Society and the Phi Alpha Delta legal fraternity. Career He started his career practising law from 1930 until 1939 in Topeka, Kansas before going on to serve the Supreme Court from 1939 till 1947 first as a research clerk for three years, then as court reporter for the next five.