Hufstedler, Shirley Ann Mount

Born August 24, 1925, in Denver, CO
Died March 30, 2016, in Glendale, CA

Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Nominated by Lyndon B. Johnson on July 17, 1968, to a new seat authorized by 82 Stat. 184. Confirmed by the Senate on September 12, 1968, and received commission on September 12, 1968. Service terminated on December 5, 1979, due to resignation.

Education:
University of New Mexico, B.B.A., 1945
Stanford Law School, LL.B., 1949

Professional Career:

Private practice, Los Angeles, California, 1950-1961, 1981-
Special legal consultant to the attorney general, State of California, 1960-1961
Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, 1961-1966
Associate justice, California Court of Appeal, 1966-1968
Secretary of Education, 1979-1981
Phleger professor of law, Stanford Law School, 1982

Manuscript Collections

Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.
Shirley M. Hufstedler papers, 1979-1981.
5 containers (1,359 items); photocopies of correspondence, memoranda, speeches, policy statements, and other material related to Hufstedler's service as secretary of education during the Carter administration.

Oral History

Hufstedler, Shirley. "Diversifying the Judiciary: Interview with Shirley Ann Mount Hufstedler." Interview conducted on March 10, 1995, by Sarah Wilson. Federal Judicial History Office, Federal Judicial Center, Washington, D.C., 1995. Transcript, 50 pages.

Hufstedler, Shirley. Oral history interview. American Bar Association Women Trailblazers in the Law Oral History Project, Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Cambridge, Mass., 2005-2008. Transcript.

You are here

Hufstedler, Shirley Ann Mount