Robert Edward Varner

Judge Robert Edward Varner

Personal

Birthday:

6/11/1921

Birthplace:

Montgomery, AL

Date of Death:

5/17/2006

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

U.S. Naval aviator lieutenant junior grade, 1942-1946
Private practice, Tuskegee, Alabama, 1949-1954
Member, Macon County [Alabama] Board of Education, 1950-1954; chairman, 1954
City attorney, Tuskegee, Alabama, 1951
Assistant U.S. attorney, Middle District of Alabama, 1954-1958
Private practice, Montgomery, Alabama, 1958-1971

Nominated to U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, December 4, 1970; no Senate vote

Education

Name of School:

Auburn University

Degree:

B.S.

Degree Year:

1942

Name of School - Second:

University of Alabama School of Law

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Degree - Second:

J.D.

Degree Year - Second:

1949

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. District Court, Middle District of Alabama

Court Name:

Alabama Middle District Court

President Nominating:

Richard M. Nixon

Party Affiliation of President:

Republican

Commission Date:

4/23/1971

Retirement from Active Service:

6/12/1986

Termination Date:

5/17/2006

Termination Reason:

Death