Name William Orrick, Role Jr. | Parents Mary Downey Children William H. Orrick III | |
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Born October 10, 1915 ( 1915-10-10 ) San Francisco, California Occupation United States federal judge Relatives Andrew Downey Orrick, brother Died August 14, 2003, San Francisco, California, United States Spouse Marion Naffziger (m. 1947), Suzanne Rogers Books Shut It Down! a College in Crisis: San Francisco State College October, 1968 - April, 1969 Education Yale University, University of California, Berkeley | ||
William Horsley Orrick Jr. (October 10, 1915 – August 14, 2003) was a United States federal judge.
Orrick was born on October 10, 1915 in San Francisco, California to William Horsley Orrick Sr. He had a brother, Andrew Downey Orrick, acting Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in San Francisco. He received a B.A. from Yale University in 1937, where he was a member of the Skull and Bones Society. He received an LL.B. from the University of California, Berkeley at the Boalt Hall School of Law in 1941. He was in private practice of law in San Francisco from 1941 to 1942. He was in the United States Army from 1942 to 1946. He was in private practice of law in San Francisco from 1946 to 1961. He was an assistant U.S. Attorney general of Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice from 1961 to 1962. He was a Deputy U.S. undersecretary of state for administration, U.S. Department of State from 1962 to 1963. He was an assistant U.S. Attorney general of Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice from 1963 to 1965. He was in private practice of law in San Francisco from 1965 to 1974.
On May 31, 1974, Orrick was nominated by President Richard M. Nixon to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of California vacated by William T. Sweigert. Orrick was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 21, 1974, and received his commission on July 8, 1974. He was the judge in the Patty Hearst sentencing in 1976. He assumed senior status on October 31, 1985.
Orrick's first wife was Marion Naffziger, daughter of Howard Christian Naffziger. She and Orrick had three children, Mary Louise, Marion, and William H. Orrick III. Naffziger died in 1995, and Orrick later married Suzanne Rogers. He died on August 14, 2003 in San Francisco.