Wallace P. Carson, Jr.
| Wallace P. Carson Jr. | |
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| 40th Chief Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court | |
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In office 1991–2005 |
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| Preceded by | Edwin J. Peterson |
| Succeeded by | Paul De Muniz |
| 84th Associate Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court | |
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In office 1982–2006 |
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| Appointed by | Victor G. Atiyeh |
| Preceded by | Arno H. Denecke |
| Succeeded by | Virginia Linder |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
June 10, 1934  Salem, Oregon
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Wallace P. Carson Jr. (born June 10, 1934) is an American attorney and politician from Oregon. He has spent time in both of Oregon’s legislative branches and served on the Oregon Supreme Court for 24 years. Carson served for 14 years as Chief Justice of the court, which is the longest of any previous Chief Justice on the Oregon bench.
Wallace P. Carson Jr. was born June 10, 1934, and raised in Salem, Oregon where his grandfather had started a law firm in 1889. He graduated from Salem High School (now North Salem High School) in 1952. Wallace graduated from Stanford University in Palo Alto, California with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in 1956 where he was a brother of Phi Delta Theta. At Stanford he was in the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC), which led to a commission in the United States Air Force. Carson Jr. then enrolled in Willamette University’s law school, graduating with his juris doctorate (J.D.) in 1962.
After graduation, he spent three years on active duty in the Air Force. Overall Carson Jr. was in the armed forces for 34 years, many with the Air Force Reserve and Oregon Air National Guard. While serving in the military he rose to the rank of brigadier general while serving as a Judge Advocate General's Corps (JAG) officer, ground control intercept officer, and jet pilot. This service took him to places such as Korea and Taiwan. Wallace P. Carson Jr. was in private legal practice from 1962 to 1977.
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