Frank C. Newman

Frank C. Newman
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California
In office
July 16, 1977 – December 13, 1982
Appointed byJerry Brown
Preceded byMarshall F. McComb
Succeeded byJoseph R. Grodin
Dean of UC Berkeley School of Law
In office
1961–1966
Preceded byWilliam Prosser
Succeeded byEdward C. Halbach, Jr.
Personal details
Born
Frank Cecil Newman

(1917-07-17)July 17, 1917
Eureka, California, U.S.
DiedFebruary 18, 1996(1996-02-18) (aged 78)
Oakland, California, U.S.
Spouse
Frances Williston Burks
(m. 1940)
Alma materDartmouth College (AB)
University of California, Berkeley (LLB)
Columbia University (LLM, JSD)
OccupationProfessor
Judge

Frank Cecil Newman[1] (July 17, 1917 – February 18, 1996) was an American law school dean, state supreme court justice, and scholar and advocate of reform in the field of international human rights law. He was the Dean of Berkeley Law School from 1961 to 1966, an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California from 1977 to 1982, and Jackson H. Ralston Professor of International Law at Berkeley from 1982 to 1988. Following his retirement, he was professor emeritus at Berkeley.

  1. ^ "Collection Guide, Frank C. Newman papers, approximately 1950-1990". Online Archive of California.