Canby, William Cameron Jr. Born 1931 in St. Paul, MN Federal Judicial Service: Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Nominated by Jimmy Carter on April 2, 1980, to a seat vacated by Ozell Miller Trask. Confirmed by the Senate on May 21, 1980, and received commission on May 23, 1980. Assumed senior status on May 23, 1996. Education: Yale University, B.A., 1953 University of Minnesota, LL.B., 1956 Professional Career: U.S. Air Force lieutenant, JAG Corps, 1956-1958 Law clerk, Hon. Charles E. Whittaker, Supreme Court of the United States, 1958-1959 Private practice, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1959-1962 U.S. Peace Corps, 1962-1966; associate director, Ethiopia, 1962-1963; deputy director, Ethiopia, 1963-1964, director, Uganda, 1964-1966 Special assistant, U.S. Sen. Walter F. Mondale, Minnesota, Washington, D.C., 1966 Special assistant, President Harris Wofford, State University of New York at Old Westbury, 1967 Professor of law, Arizona State University, 1967-1980 Director, Office of Indian Law, Arizona State University College of Law Visiting Fulbright professor of law, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, 1970-1971