Joseph Tyree Sneed III
American judge (1920–2008)
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Joseph Tyree Sneed III (July 21, 1920 – February 9, 2008) was an American jurist who served as United States Deputy Attorney General and then as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit for nearly 35 years until his death. He was the father of Carly Fiorina, a former CEO of Hewlett-Packard.[1][2]
Joseph Tyree Sneed III | |
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| Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | |
| In office July 21, 1987 – February 9, 2008 | |
| Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | |
| In office August 24, 1973 – July 21, 1987 | |
| Appointed by | Richard Nixon |
| Preceded by | Frederick George Hamley |
| Succeeded by | Stephen S. Trott |
| 12th United States Deputy Attorney General | |
| In office February 1973 – July 9, 1973 | |
| President | Richard Nixon |
| Preceded by | Ralph E. Erickson |
| Succeeded by | William Ruckelshaus |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Joseph Tyree Sneed III July 21, 1920 |
| Died | February 9, 2008 (aged 87) San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Party | Republican |
| Spouse | Madelon Sneed |
| Children | 3, including Carly Fiorina |
| Relatives | Joseph P. Sneed (great-great-grandfather) |
| Education | Southwestern University (BBA) University of Texas at Austin (LLB) Harvard University (SJD) |
Early life and education
Joseph Tyree Sneed III was born on July 21, 1920, in Calvert, Texas.[3][4] He was the son of Cara Carlton (Weber) and Harold Marvin Sneed (January 6, 1883 – Dec 27, 1934), a rancher and landowner.[3][5][6] Joseph P. Sneed is his great-great-grandfather. He spent his youth working summers as a cowboy on his uncle's ranch in the Texas Panhandle.[4]
Sneed received his Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Southwestern University in 1941.[3] He served as a staff sergeant in the Army Air Corps during World War II.[3] Sneed attended the University of Texas School of Law, where he received his Bachelor of Laws, Order of the Coif in 1947.[3][4] He was also a visiting student at the London School of Economics and the University of Ghana.[4] He subsequently received a Doctor of Juridical Science from Harvard Law School in 1958.[3]
Career
Academia
Sneed was an assistant professor of law at the University of Texas School of Law from 1947 to 1951.[3] He became an associate professor in 1951 and was made a full professor in 1954. He taught at the University of Texas until 1957.[3]
Sneed was a professor of law at Cornell Law School from 1957 to 1962, followed by the Stanford Law School from 1962 to 1971.[3] He was professor of law and dean of the Duke University School of Law from 1971 to 1973.[3][4][7]
Judicial service
Sneed was nominated by President Richard Nixon to a seat vacated (formerly occupied) by Judge Frederick George Hamley on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on July 25, 1973.[3][4] He was confirmed by the United States Senate on August 3, 1973, and received his judicial commission on August 24, 1973. He assumed senior status on July 21, 1987.[8]
Sneed was part of a three-judge panel that replaced Whitewater special prosecutor Robert B. Fiske with Kenneth Starr in 1994.[4][9]
Personal life
Sneed married Madelon Montross Juergens in 1944.[3] She was a portrait and abstract artist who died in 1998.[4] Together they had a son and two daughters, including Carly Fiorina, another daughter, Clara; a son, Joseph T. Sneed IV; and two grandsons, Sam Tyree Berzon and Joseph T. Sneed V. His wife died in 1998.[3] They resided in San Francisco, California.[4]