Joseph Cornelius Waddy

Judge Joseph Cornelius Waddy

Personal

Birthday:

5/26/1911

Birthplace:

Louisa County, VA

Date of Death:

8/1/1978

Race or Ethnicity:

African American

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1939-1962
Associate judge, Domestic Relations Bar, Municipal Court of the District of Columbia, 1962-1967
Adjunct professor, Howard University School of Law, 1966-1967

Education

Name of School:

Lincoln University, Pennsylvania

Degree:

A.B.

Degree Year:

1935

Name of School - Second:

Howard University School of Law

Consistent with providing the professional leadership necessary to advocate and defend the rights of all, but particularly of African-Americans and other minorities, it is the Law School's mission to: Educate and enable students to develop their highest capabilities and skills as lawyers; Engage as an institution in the active pursuit of solutions to domestic and international legal, social, economic and political problems that are of particular concern to minority groups; and Imbue its students with dedication to excellence and commitment to the solutions to those problems.

Degree - Second:

LL.B.

Degree Year - Second:

1938

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Court Name:

District of Columbia District Court

President Nominating:

Lyndon B. Johnson

Party Affiliation of President:

Democratic

Commission Date:

3/4/1967

Termination Date:

8/1/1978

Termination Reason:

Death