William McRae

William Allan McRae, Jr. (September 25, 1909–January 27, 1973) was an American lawyer and judge.

McRae was born in 1909 in Marianna, Florida.

He received a Bachelor of Arts Academic degrees from the University of Florida in 1931, a Bachelor of Arts degree from Oxford University in 1933, a J.D. from the University of Florida College of Law in 1933, and a B.Litt. from Oxford University in 1936.

McRae was in private practice in Jacksonville, Florida from 1936 to 1940. He was a professor of law at the University of Florida College of Law from 1940 to 1941, and served as a colonel in the United States Army Air Corps from 1942 to 1945 during World War II. He served as a military adviser to the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the June 1945 San Francisco Conference, which founded the United Nations and drafted the United Nations Charter. [http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/manuscript/guides/McRae.htm]

McRae was in private practice in Bartow, Florida from 1946 to 1961. In 1952 he served as president of the Florida Bar.

President John F. Kennedy nominated McRae to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida on February 20, 1961, to the seat vacated by William J. Barker. Confirmed by the Senate on March 3, 1961, he received commission on March 8, 1961.

McRae was reassigned on October 29, 1962, to the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida. He served as chief judge from 1971 to 1973. McRae on the court until his death in 1973.

External links

* [http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/manuscript/guides/McRae.htm A Guide to the William A. McRae Papers] - University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries Special and Area Studies Collections