Halbert Owen Woodward

Judge Halbert Owen Woodward

Personal

Birthday:

4/8/1918

Birthplace:

Coleman, TX

Date of Death:

10/2/2000

Place of Death:

Brownwood, TX

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Hearing examiner, Texas Employment Commission, 1940-1941
Humble Oil and Refining Company, 1941-1942, 1945-1949; title examiner, 1941-1942; land and title supervisor, 1945-1949
U.S. Navy lieutenant, 1942-1945
Private practice, Coleman, Texas, 1949-1968
Member, Texas Highway Commission, 1959-1968; chairman, 1967-1968

Education

Name of School:

University of Texas

Degree:

B.B.A.

Degree Year:

1940

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:

1940

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. District Court, Northern District of Texas

Court Name:

Texas Northern District Court

President Nominating:

Lyndon B. Johnson

Party Affiliation of President:

Democratic

Commission Date:

6/7/1968

Retirement from Active Service:

12/30/1986

Termination Date:

10/2/2000

Termination Reason:

Death