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| Name | Harry Pregerson |
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Los Angeles, California , United States |
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October 13, 1923
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| Died | November 25, 2017
(94 years)
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| Contributor | eddy 9_99 |
| Last Modifed | Juan Croniqueur
Apr 06, 2025 10:40am |
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| Info | Harry Pregerson (born October 13, 1923) serves as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He was appointed to the Ninth Circuit in 1979 by President Jimmy Carter. Previous to this he was appointed to the United States District Court for the Central District of California in 1967 by President Lyndon Johnson.
He is a graduate of University of California, Los Angeles (1947) and the University of California, Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law (1950). Judge Pregerson was also a U.S. Marine Corps First Lieutenant in World War II, during which he was severely wounded in the Battle of Okinawa.
In 2002, the California Legislature officially named the giant interchange between Interstate 110 (California) and Interstate 105 (California) the "Judge Harry Pregerson Interchange" in honor of the fact that Pregerson is the longest serving judge in the history of the Ninth Circuit. Furthermore, as a district judge, he supervised the settlement of the federal lawsuit against the Century Freeway, which enabled the interchange to be built. Judge Pregerson's name is now on signs at the interchange.
In 1992, the UCLA Alumni Association awarded Pregerson "Community Service Award" for his efforts helping homeless families to house in Salvation Army shelters.
As a World War II veteran himself, Pregerson is an enthusiastic advocate for veterans' interests and has worked on behalf of the homeless veterans. In 2001 the Department of Veterans Affairs honored him and the then-Acting Secretary Hershel Gober presented Pregerson with a token of appreciation with the VA seal.
Judge Pregerson's wife, Bernardine, teaches microbiology at a community college.
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