Justice Earl Warren
(Mar 19, 1891-Jul 9, 1974)

Occupation: Attorney, US Supreme Court Justice.
Education: Bachelor of Laws degree, University of California - 1912
Interred: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia
Lodge affiliation:
1951 - Member,Sequoia Lodge No. 349, Oakland, California
he was Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of California from 1935-36
Member, Oakland Chapter No. 36, R.A.M.
Member, Oakland Commandery No. 11, K.T.
Member, St. Phillip Conclave No. 23
Red Cross of Constantine

1919 - 32° Scottish Rite in Oakland
1938 - Wise Master of Rose Croix
1945 - Venerable Master of Lodge of Perfection
1941 - Coroneted Honorary 33° AASR SMJ

Past Potentate of Aahmes Shrine Temple of Oakland, 1933

Earl Warren was born in Los Angeles, California on March 19, 1891, the son of a Norwegian immigrant who worked for the Southern Pacific Railroad. Warren worked his way through college, receiving a bachelor of laws degree from the University of California in 1912. The young lawyer became a deputy district attorney in Alameda County. He was elected district attorney of the county in 1925. Warren served as attorney general from 1939-1943 then as Governor of California from 1943-1953. After the war, Warren participated in Republican politics serving as Thomas Dewey’s vice presidential running mate in 1948. Following the death of Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson on September 8, 1953, it was Eisenhower who nominated Warren to the post of Chief Justice of the United States in 1953.

The year after he became Chief Justice, Warren wrote for a unanimous court in banning segregation in the nation's schools in the landmark ruling in Brown v. Board of Education. The "Warren Court" proceeded to issue a stream of decisions striking down other aspects of segregation and broadening civil rights. Warren retired from the bench in 1969, and died at age 83.