Linton McGee Collins
Personal
Birthday:
6/21/1902
Birthplace:
Reidsville, GA
Date of Death:
4/12/1972
Place of Death:
Washington, DC
Race or Ethnicity:
White
Gender:
Male Prior Employment:
Teacher, Lanier High School, Macon, Georgia, 1922-1924
Teacher, Columbia [South Carolina] High School, 1924-1925
Private practice, Tampa, Florida, 1925-1926
Private practice, Miami, Florida, 1926-1933
Professor, University of Miami, 1930-1932
Personnel director and division administrator, National Recovery Administration, 1933-1935
U.S. Department of Justice, 1935-1944; first assistant to the deputy attorney general, 1935; special assistant to the Attorney General of the United States, 1935-1944
Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1944-1964
Education
Name of School:
Mercer University
Degree:
A.B.
Degree Year:
1921
Name of School - Second:
Mercer University
Degree - Second:
M.A.
Degree Year - Second:
1922 Judicial Career
Court Name:
Court of Claims
Court Name:
United States Court of Federal Claims
President Nominating:
Lyndon B. Johnson
Party Affiliation of President:
Democratic
Commission Date:
9/18/1964
Termination Date:
4/12/1972
Termination Reason:
Death