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Heaney, Gerald William

Born January 29, 1918, in Goodhue, MN
Died June 22, 2010, in Duluth, MN

Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Nominated by Lyndon B. Johnson on September 9, 1966, to a new seat authorized by 80 Stat. 75. Confirmed by the Senate on October 20, 1966, and received commission on November 3, 1966. Assumed senior status on December 31, 1988. Service terminated on August 31, 2006, due to retirement.

Education:
University of Minnesota, B.S.L., 1939
University of Minnesota Law School, LL.B., 1941

Professional Career:

Attorney, Minnesota State Securities Commission, 1941-1942
U.S. Army captain, 1942-1946
Private practice, Duluth, Minnesota, 1946-1966

Manuscript Collections

Minnesota Historical Society
St. Paul, Minn.
Gerald W. Heaney correspondence, 1954-1960.
0.3. cubic ft.; contains correspondence between Heaney and Minnesota Governor Orville L. Freeman and his staff.

Gerald W. Heaney papers, 1954-1990.
148 cubic ft. and 2 folders; finding aid; restricted; collection contains case files (1966-1990), correspondence (1954-1984), and personal papers (1979-1989).

Oral History

Heaney, Gerald William. "Gerald William Heaney Interview." Interview conducted on August 11, 1978, by Arthur Naftalin. Hubert Humphrey Oral History Project, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1978. Audiotape, 3.5 hours; partial transcript, 74 pages.

Heaney, Gerald William. "Interview." Interview conducted in August 1990, by Earl Henton and John LaForge. Circuit Library, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, St. Louis, Missouri, 1990. Videotape, 1 hour, 47 minutes.

Heaney, Gerald William. "Judge Heaney Interview." Interview conducted on November 30, 1967, by Helen White. Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, 1967. Audiotape, 1.5 hours; transcript, 29 pages.

Heaney, Gerald William. "Oral History Interview with Gerald W. Heaney." Interview conducted on January 8, 2002, by Richard Hudelson. Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, 2002. Sound cassette, 1.5 hours; transcript, 19 pages; audio also available online.

Hemphill, Stephanie. "Judge Gerald Heaney on Minnesota Public Radio: Heaney Looks Back -- and Forward: Voices of Minnesota: Patriotic Stories." Two radio programs, broadcast on June 14, 2006, and July 3, 2006. Circuit Library, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, St. Louis, Missouri, 2006. 1 compact disc, 34 minutes; guide, 4 pages.

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