Judicial service
District Court, W.D. Louisiana
Judge
1961 – 2002 · 41 yrsAppointed by John F. Kennedy
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Judge
1960 – 1961 · 1 yr
Career
Judge
Louisiana Court of Appeal, First Judicial Circuit
1960 – 1961 · 1 yr
Judge
1959 – 1959
prac
1959 – 1959
Judge
Louisiana District Court, Fifteenth Judicial District
1954 – 1961 · 7 yrs
District attorney
1948 – 1954 · 6 yrs
U.S. Naval Reserve lieutenant
1942 – 1945 · 3 yrs
Private practice
1937 – 1954 · 17 yrs
Education
B.S., Spring Hill CollegeBA, Spring Hill College