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Almeric Christian Almeric L. Christian
Almeric Leander Christian (1919 – September 1, 1999)[1] was a judge of the District Court of the Virgin Islands from 1969 to 1988.
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Born in St. Croix, he served in the United States Army in World War II, and thereafter received his law degree from Columbia Law School in New York City.[1]
In 1962 President John F. Kennedy appointed Christian as U.S. attorney for the Virgin Islands. President Lyndon B. Johnson reappointed him to the post in 1966. He continued in that position until 1969 when President Richard Nixon appointed him to the District Court bench. He was named chief judge of the District Court in 1970 and remained in that powerful and prestigious position until he retired in 1988.[1]
He was the father of Virgin Islands congressional delegate Donna Christensen.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Judge Almeric L. Christian Dies". St. Thomas Source. September 1, 1999.
- ^ "3rd Circuit Libraries' Digital Collections & Archives: Judge Almeric Leander Christian". United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Retrieved October 17, 2023.
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