Hilbert Schauer
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Hilbert Schauer (April 2, 1920 – July 12, 2015)[1] was a justice of the Colorado Supreme Court from 1965 to 1967.
Born in Underwood, North Dakota, and raised on a farm near Tribune, Kansas, Schauer was drafted in the United States Army in 1942,[1] achieving the rank of first lieutenant in the European theatre of World War II, where he "commanded a company of black soldiers" in the then-segregated military.[1][2]
Schauer attended Southern Methodist University before receiving a B.A. from the University of Denver and a J.D. from the University of Denver College of Law.[1][2]