Fred Joseph Nichol

Judge Fred Joseph Nichol

Personal

Birthday:

3/19/1912

Birthplace:

Sioux City, IA

Date of Death:

12/31/1996

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Assistant to administrative assistant, U.S. Senate, 1936-1938
Private practice, Mitchell, South Dakota, 1938-1958
U.S. Navy lieutenant, 1943-1946
State`s attorney, Davison County, South Dakota, 1947-1951
State representative, South Dakota, 1951-1952, 1957-1958
Assistant U.S. attorney, District of South Dakota, 1951-1953
Judge, South Dakota Circuit Court, Fourth Judicial Circuit, 1959-1965

Education

Name of School:

Yankton College, South Dakota

Degree:

A.B.

Degree Year:

1933

Name of School - Second:

University of South Dakota School of Law

The mission of The University of South Dakota School of Law is to prepare the lawyers and judges who will administer the Federal, state, and American Indian Tribal Justice systems in South Dakota and to provide a legal education to South Dakota residents, along with non-residents who choose to attend the school, which will serve as a solid foundation for the practice of law or other professional careers anywhere in the world.

Degree - Second:

LL.B.

Degree Year - Second:

1936

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. District Court, District of South Dakota

Court Name:

South Dakota District Court

President Nominating:

Lyndon B. Johnson

Party Affiliation of President:

Democratic

Commission Date:

6/10/1965

Retirement from Active Service:

6/11/1980

Termination Date:

12/31/1996

Termination Reason:

Death