William Benson Bryant
Personal
Birthday:
9/18/1911
Birthplace:
Wetumpka, AL
Date of Death:
11/13/2005
Place of Death:
Washington, DC
Race or Ethnicity:
African American
Gender:
Male Prior Employment:
U.S. Army, 1943-1947
Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1948-1951, 1954-1965
Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Columbia, 1951-1954
Education
Name of School:
Howard University
Degree:
A.B.
Degree Year:
1932
Name of School - Second:
Howard University School of Law
Consistent with providing the professional leadership necessary to advocate and defend the rights of all, but particularly of African-Americans and other minorities, it is the Law School's mission to: Educate and enable students to develop their highest capabilities and skills as lawyers; Engage as an institution in the active pursuit of solutions to domestic and international legal, social, economic and political problems that are of particular concern to minority groups; and Imbue its students with dedication to excellence and commitment to the solutions to those problems.
Degree - Second:
LL.B.
Degree Year - Second:
1936 Judicial Career
Court Name:
U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Court Name:
District of Columbia District Court
President Nominating:
Lyndon B. Johnson
Party Affiliation of President:
Democratic
Commission Date:
8/11/1965
Retirement from Active Service:
1/31/1982
Termination Date:
11/13/2005
Termination Reason:
Death