Gerry L. Alexander | |
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Chief Justice of the Washington Supreme Court | |
In office 2005–2010 | |
Justice of the Washington Supreme Court | |
In office 1995 – December 2011 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Aberdeen, Washington, U.S. | April 28, 1936
Education |
Olympia High School University of Washington ( BA) University of Washington School of Law ( JD) |
Gerry L. Alexander /ˈɡɛri/ (born April 28, 1936) [1] is the former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the U.S. state of Washington. He was elected to the court in 1994 and re-elected in 2000. Following this election, his colleagues elected him to a four-year term as chief justice. He was re-elected as chief justice in 2004 and re-elected to the court in 2006. Due to the court's age limit of 75, Alexander was unable to complete his final six-year term. He stepped down as Chief Justice at the beginning of 2010 [2] and retired from the Court in December 2011. [3]
Alexander was born in 1936 in Aberdeen, Washington. He attended Olympia High School in Olympia, Washington, and graduated from the University of Washington with a BA in History in 1958. While a student at UW, he was a member of the Gamma Chi Chapter of the Sigma Nu fraternity. [4] In 1964, Alexander received his JD from the University of Washington Law School.