Terry Lee Shell

Terry Lee Shell
Terry Lee Shell
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas; Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas
	In office; September 16, 1975 – June 25, 1978
Appointed by	Gerald Ford
Preceded by	Jesse Smith Henley
Succeeded by	Richard S. Arnold
Personal details
Born	Terry Lee Shell; April 2, 1922; Franklin, Arkansas
Died	June 25, 1978 (aged 56); Little Rock, Arkansas
Education	Arkansas State University (B.S.E.); University of Arkansas School of Law (LL.B.)
Military service
Allegiance	United States of America
Branch/service	United States Army
Years of service	1943–1945
Battles/wars	World War II

Terry Lee Shell (April 2, 1922 – June 25, 1978) was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas and the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas.

Education and career

Born in Franklin, Arkansas, Shell was in the United States Army during World War II, from 1943 to 1945. He received a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Arkansas State University in 1946 and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Arkansas School of Law in 1949. He was in private practice in Arkansas from 1949 to 1960. He was a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1953 to 1954. He was prosecuting attorney of the 2nd Judicial Circuit of Arkansas from 1955 to 1960. He was a chancery judge of the 12th Chancery Circuit Court of Arkansas from 1961 to 1975.[1]

Federal judicial service

Shell was nominated by President Gerald Ford on July 25, 1975, to a joint seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas and the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas vacated by Judge Jesse Smith Henley. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 15, 1975, and received his commission on September 16, 1975, serving until his death.[1]

Death

Shell died on June 25, 1978, after suffering a heart attack at his residence in Little Rock, Arkansas, leading to cardiac arrest after he arrived at the hospital.[2]

gollark: Does anyone *want* that?

gollark: The Modem->Skynet relay on SC now also sends out human-readable chat messages/deaths/etc on `switchcraft-chat` for your something-or-othering.

gollark: Basically, skynet nodes will be able to connect to each other, exchange messages sent by clients, and become self-aware.

gollark: I'm going to make it a distributed system, so it's kind of important.

gollark: Meh.

References

Terry Lee Shell at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
"Fayetteville Northwest Arkansas Times Archives, Jun 26, 1978". 26 June 1978.

Sources

Terry Lee Shell at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Legal offices
Preceded by Jesse Smith Henley	Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas 1975–1978	Succeeded by Richard S. Arnold

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[auto-1] Terry Lee Shell at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

[2] "Fayetteville Northwest Arkansas Times Archives, Jun 26, 1978". 26 June 1978.