William Lindsay Osteen Sr.

Personal

Birthday: 
7/15/1930
Birthplace: 
Greensboro, NC
Date of Death: 
8/9/2009
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

U.S. Army Reserve, 1948-1951
Private practice, North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, 1956-1958
Private practice, Greensboro, North Carolina, 1958-1969, 1974-1991
U.S. attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina, 1969-1974

Education

Name of School: 
Guilford College
Degree: 
A.B.
Degree Year: 
1953
Name of School - Second: 

University of North Carolina School of Law

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is the nation's oldest, and clearly one of its most accomplished, public institutions. From the colonial period until the present day, graduates from the University's School of Law have played powerfully disproportionate roles in leading the state, the south and the nation. Our law faculty includes world-class scholars, award-winning teachers and noted practitioners. Carolina Law's student body is among the most highly credentialed and intellectually diverse in America. Our signature offerings in civil rights, banking, intellectual property, entrepreneurial and securities law, critical studies, bankruptcy, and constitutional inquiry are among the best to be found in the academy. And our expansive array of skills and capstone courses provides impressive links between theory and practice. Carolina is a remarkable place to study law.

Degree - Second: 
LL.B.
Degree Year - Second: 
1956

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. District Court, Middle District of North Carolina
Court Name: 

North Carolina Middle District Court

President Nominating: 
George H.W. Bush
Party Affiliation of President: 
Republican
Commission Date: 
6/18/1991
Retirement from Active Service: 
4/3/2006
Termination Date: 
9/14/2007
Termination Reason: 
Retirement