Odell Horton

Judge Odell Horton

Personal

Birthday:

5/13/1929

Birthplace:

Bolivar, TN

Date of Death:

2/22/2006

Place of Death:

Memphis, TN

Race or Ethnicity:

African American

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

U.S. Marine Corps, 1946-1947, 1951-1953
Private practice, Memphis, Tennessee, 1957-1962
Assistant U.S. attorney, Western District of Tennessee, 1962-1968
Director, Division of Hospital and Health Services, Memphis, Tennessee, 1968
Judge, Shelby County [Tennessee] Criminal Court, 1969-1970
President, LeMoyne-Owen College, 1970-1974
Commentator, WREC-TV (CBS), Memphis, Tennessee, 1972-1974
Director, Community Health Services, Mid-South Medical Center Council, Memphis, Tennessee, 1974-1976

Education

Name of School:

Morehouse College

Degree:

B.A.

Degree Year:

1951

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:

1956

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee

Court Name:

Tennessee Western District Court

President Nominating:

Jimmy Carter

Party Affiliation of President:

Democratic

Commission Date:

5/12/1980

Retirement from Active Service:

5/16/1995

Termination Date:

2/22/2006

Termination Reason:

Death

Bankruptcy and Magistrate Services:

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, Western District of Tennessee, 1976-1980