Emily C. Hewitt
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The Reverend Emily Clark Hewitt |
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| Chief Judge of United States Court of Federal Claims | |
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In office March 11, 2009 – October 21, 2013 |
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| Appointed by | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Edward Damich |
| Succeeded by | Patricia Campbell-Smith |
| Judge of United States Court of Federal Claims | |
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In office November 10, 1998 – October 21, 2013 |
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| Appointed by | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Robert Yock |
| Succeeded by | Vacant |
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May 26, 1944 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
| Spouse(s) | Eleanor Acheson |
| Relations | David Campion Acheson (father-in-law) |
| Alma mater |
Cornell University Union Theological Seminary Harvard University Chicago Theological Seminary |
Emily Clark Hewitt (born May 26, 1944) is a former Judge and Chief Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims.
Hewitt was born in Baltimore, Maryland. She graduated from the Roland Park Country School in Baltimore and in 1966, she earned an A.B. from Cornell University. She received an M.Phil. degree from the Union Theological Seminary in New York City in studies focusing on religion and education, and was ordained to the diaconate of the Episcopal Church in 1972.
Hewitt is considered a leader of the effort to open Episcopal ordination to women. Hewitt was one of the Philadelphia Eleven, the first eleven women ordained to the Episcopal priesthood on July 29, 1974. Hewitt served from 1973-1975 as assistant professor of religion and education at Andover Newton Theological School in Newton Centre, Massachusetts. She has also served as lecturer at the Union Theological Seminary and, from 1967 to 1969, as administrator of the Cornell/Hofstra Upward Bound Program at the Union Settlement House in East Harlem. She graduated with honors from Harvard Law School in 1978, where she was a member of the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau. She also holds a D.Min. degree from the Chicago Theological Seminary for studies focusing on liberty of conscience.
Hewitt practiced from 1978 to 1993 with the Boston law firm Hill & Barlow. She was made a partner in 1985, and served as chair of Hill & Barlow's real estate department from 1987 to 1993. While with Hill & Barlow, Chief Judge Hewitt served on charitable, civic, and professional boards and committees and as a continuing education lecturer on real estate law.
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