William Benson Bryant

Judge William Benson Bryant

Personal

Birthday:

9/18/1911

Birthplace:

Wetumpka, AL

Date of Death:

11/13/2005

Place of Death:

Washington, DC

Race or Ethnicity:

African American

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

U.S. Army, 1943-1947
Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1948-1951, 1954-1965
Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Columbia, 1951-1954

Education

Name of School:

Howard University

Degree:

A.B.

Degree Year:

1932

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:

1936

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:

8/11/1965

Retirement from Active Service:

1/31/1982

Termination Date:

11/13/2005

Termination Reason:

Death