Robert Howard Schnacke

Personal

Birthday: 
10/8/1913
Birthplace: 
San Francisco, CA
Date of Death: 
6/5/1994
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

Private practice, San Francisco, California, 1938-1942, 1946, 1951-1953, 1959-1968
U.S. Army special agent, Counter Intelligence Corps, 1942-1946
Deputy commissioner, Division of Corporations, State of California, 1947-1951
Assistant U.S. attorney and chief, Criminal Division, Northern District of California, 1953-1958
U.S. attorney for the Northern District of California, 1958-1959
Judge, Superior Court of California, 1968-1970

Education

Name of School: 

University of California, Hastings College of the Law

University of California Hastings College of the Law is a public, coeducational, full-time law school in downtown San Francisco. We are one of the top-rated law schools in the United States. Hastings was founded in 1878 as the first law department of the University of California and is one of the most exciting and vibrant legal education centers in the nation. Our faculty are nationally renowned as both teachers and scholars.

Degree: 
J.D.
Degree Year: 
1938

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. District Court, Northern District of California
Court Name: 

California Northern District Court

President Nominating: 
Richard M. Nixon
Party Affiliation of President: 
Republican
Commission Date: 
10/15/1970
Retirement from Active Service: 
12/31/1983
Termination Date: 
6/5/1994
Termination Reason: 
Death