James Benton Parsons

Judge James Benton Parsons

Personal

Birthday:

8/13/1911

Birthplace:

Kansas City, MO

Date of Death:

6/19/1993

Place of Death:

Chicago, IL

Race or Ethnicity:

African American

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

U.S. Naval Reserve, 1942-1945
Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 1949-1951
Assistant corporation counsel, Chicago, Illinois, 1949-1951
Assistant U.S. attorney, Northern District of Illinois, 1951-1960
Judge, Superior Court of Cook County [Illinois], 1960-1961

Education

Name of School:

Millikin University

Degree:

B.A.

Degree Year:

1934

Name of School - Second:

University of Chicago

Degree - Second:

M.A.

Degree Year - Second:

1946

Name of School - Third:

University of Chicago Law School

The University of Chicago Law School occupies a unique niche among this country's premier law schools. Located on a residential campus in one of America 's great cities, Chicago offers a rigorous and interdisciplinary professional education that blends the study of law with the humanities, the social sciences, and the natural sciences. Students, faculty, and staff form a small, tightly knit community devoted to the life of the mind. Learning is participatory. Chicago does not seek to impose a single viewpoint or style of thought on its students. Instead, our faculty exposes students to contrasting views, confident in students' abilities to choose their own paths.

Degree - Third:

J.D.

Degree Year - Third:

1949

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois

Court Name:

Illinois Northern District Court

President Nominating:

John F. Kennedy

Party Affiliation of President:

Democratic

Commission Date:

8/30/1961

Retirement from Active Service:

8/30/1981

Termination Date:

6/19/1993

Termination Reason:

Death