Charles Horowitz

Charles Horowitz (January 5, 1905 – March 25, 1989)[1][2][3] was a justice of the Washington Supreme Court from 1975 to 1980.

Education and career

Born in Brooklyn, New York,[3] Horowitz received a B.A. from the University of Washington in 1932, and an LL.B. from the same institution in 1927,[1] also serving as president of the editorial board of the Washington Law Review.[2] He received an M.A. in Jurisprudence from the University of Oxford in 1952,[1] where he was a Rhodes Scholar.[2]

Horowitz was appointed to the Washington State Court of Appeals, Division I, in 1969.[1] In 1974, he was elected to the state supreme court,[2] assuming office the following year.[1] He retired in 1980,[2][1] and returned to private practice until the month before his death.[2]

Personal life

On March 23, 1930, Horowitz married Diana Glickman, with whom he had two daughters.[3] He died in Seattle at the age of 84.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Judge Charles Horowitz". Washington Courts. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Flags fly at half mast to honor court justice", The Olympian (March 28, 1989), p. 11.
  3. ^ a b c d Charles H. Sheldon, The Washington High Bench: A Biographical History of the State Supreme Court, 1889-1991 (1992), p. 213-17.
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Preceded by Justice of the Washington Supreme Court
1975–1980 		Succeeded by


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