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Malcolm Wilkey

Malcolm Richard Wilkey
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United States Ambassador to Uruguay
In office
1985–1990
President Ronald Reagan
George H.W. Bush
Preceded by Thomas Aranda Jr.
Succeeded by Richard C. Brown
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
In office
1970–1985
Appointed by Richard Nixon
Preceded by Warren E. Burger
Succeeded by Stephen F. Williams
United States Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division
In office
1959–1961
President Dwight Eisenhower
Preceded by Malcolm Anderson
Succeeded by Herbert Miller Jr.
United States Assistant Attorney General for Legal Counsel
In office
1958–1959
President Dwight Eisenhower
Preceded by W. Wilson White
Succeeded by Robert Kramer
United States Attorney for the Southern District of Texas
In office
1954–1958
President Dwight Eisenhower
Preceded by Brian S. Odem
Succeeded by William B. Butler
Personal details
Born (1918-12-06)December 6, 1918
Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Died August 15, 2009(2009-08-15) (aged 90)
Santiago, Chile
Cause of death Prostate cancer
Political party Republican
Residence Santiago, Chile 1990–2009
Education A.B. 1940 (Phi Beta Kappa)
LL.B. 1948
Alma mater Harvard College, Harvard Law School
Occupation Lawyer, judge, ambassador
Known for investigating 1992 House banking scandal
1982 case ruled unconstitutional the legislative veto

Malcolm Richard Wilkey (December 6, 1918 – August 15, 2009) was a United States federal judge and ambassador.

Born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Wilkey received an A.B. from Harvard University in 1940, and served in the U.S. Army during World War II in George S. Patton's Third Army from 1941 to 1945 (he left active duty as a Major and served in the U.S. Army Reserve until 1953, when he left as a Lieutenant Colonel). After the war he enrolled in law school and received an LL.B. from Harvard Law School in 1948.

He was in private practice in Houston, Texas, from 1948 to 1954, also teaching at the University of Houston Law Center from 1949 to 1954.

He entered public service in Texas as the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas (1954–1958). In 1958 he moved to Washington, D.C., to serve as the U.S. Assistant Attorney General of the Office of Legal Counsel at the Department of Justice (1958–1959), and Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division (1959–1961). He returned to private practice in Texas (1961–1963), before moving on to become the General counsel and secretary of Kennecott Copper Corporation (1963–1970), during which he was also a member of the Advisory Panel on International Law for the legal adviser at the U.S. Department of State (1969–1973).


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