Evelle J. Younger

Evelle Younger
26th Attorney General of California
In office
January 4, 1971 – January 8, 1979
GovernorRonald Reagan
Jerry Brown
Preceded byThomas C. Lynch
Succeeded byGeorge Deukmejian
35th Los Angeles County District Attorney
In office
1964–1971
Preceded byWilliam B. McKesson
Succeeded byJoseph P. Busch
Personal details
Born
Evelle Jansen Younger

(1918-06-19)June 19, 1918
Stamford, Nebraska, U.S.
DiedMay 4, 1989(1989-05-04) (aged 70)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Resting placeLos Angeles National Cemetery
Political partyRepublican
Spouse
Mildred Eberhard
(m. 1942)
Children1
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch/service United States Army
Battles/warsWorld War II
Korean War

Evelle Jansen Younger (June 19, 1918 – May 4, 1989) was an American lawyer who served as the California Attorney General from 1971 to 1979. Prior to his career as Attorney General, he served as the district attorney in Los Angeles where he oversaw the prosecutions of both Charles Manson and Sirhan Sirhan. In 1978, he had an unsuccessful run as the Republican Party nominee for Governor of California and retired from politics a year later.

He joined the firm Buchalter, Nemer, Fields, & Younger as a senior partner in 1979 where he worked until his death a decade later.