Ronald Davies | |
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Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota | |
In office August 27, 1971 – April 18, 1996 | |
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota | |
In office July 27, 1955 – August 27, 1971 | |
Appointed by | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
Preceded by | Charles Joseph Vogel |
Succeeded by | Paul Benson |
Personal details | |
Born | Ronald Norwood Davies December 11, 1904 Crookston, Minnesota |
Died | April 18, 1996 Fargo, North Dakota | (aged 91)
Education | University of North Dakota (A.B.) Georgetown Law (LL.B.) |
Ronald Norwood Davies (December 11, 1904 – April 18, 1996) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota. He is best known for his role in the Little Rock Integration Crisis in the fall of 1957. Davies ordered the desegregation of the previously all-white Little Rock Central High.