Walter Howard Evans

Judge Walter Howard Evans

Personal

Birthday:

4/17/1870

Birthplace:

New Middletown, IN

Date of Death:

7/13/1959

Place of Death:

Portland, OR

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Public school teacher, Oregon, 1886-1898
U.S. Army clerk, Quartermaster Department, 1898-1905
Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Oregon, 1908-1912
District attorney, Fourth Judicial District, Oregon, 1912-1921
Judge, Oregon Circuit Court, Fourth Judicial District, 1921-1931

Education

Name of School:

Northern Indiana Normal School (now Valparaiso University)

Degree:

B.S.

Degree Year:

1899

Name of School - Second:

University of Oregon School of Law

The University of Oregon Law School offers a rigorous legal education with a curriculum that balances - Basic intellectual and analytic skills for the practice of law - An introduction to advanced and frontier areas of law - Knowledge of the persistent values of law and the legal system - An opportunity to develop hands-on legal skills

Degree - Second:

LL.B.

Degree Year - Second:

1905

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. Customs Court

President Nominating:

Herbert Hoover

Party Affiliation of President:

Republican

Commission Date:

2/23/1931

Termination Date:

5/31/1941

Termination Reason:

Retirement