William Lockhart Garwood

Personal

Birthday: 
10/29/1931
Birthplace: 
Houston, TX
Date of Death: 
7/14/2011
Place of Death: 
Austin, TX
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

Law clerk, Hon. John R. Brown, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1955-1956
U.S. Army lieutenant, JAG Corps, 1956-1959
Private practice, Austin, Texas, 1959-1979, 1981
Associate justice, Supreme Court of Texas, 1979-1980

Education

Name of School: 
Princeton University
Degree: 
B.A.
Degree Year: 
1952
Name of School - Second: 

University of Texas School of Law

Only a large law school devoted to excellence across the range of modern legal education can offer this diversity. UT manages to do so while at the same time offering students intimate settings for study and recreation. The entering class is divided into eight extracurricular Societies, which become hubs of fun and friendship. The first year curriculum includes small classes offering individual attention, and the upper class curriculum is studded with seminars, colloquia, and clinics. Large class or small, good teaching is the norm. Student satisfaction surveys place Texas at or near the top year after year; our teaching track record is seldom matched by any other law school.

Degree - Second: 
LL.B.
Degree Year - Second: 
1955

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Court Name: 

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

President Nominating: 
Ronald Reagan
Party Affiliation of President: 
Republican
Commission Date: 
10/26/1981
Retirement from Active Service: 
1/23/1997
Termination Date: 
7/14/2011
Termination Reason: 
Death