Malcolm Richard Wilkey

Malcolm Richard Wilkey
Born	December 6, 1918(1918-12-06) Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Died	August 15, 2009(2009-08-15) (aged 90) Santiago, Chile
Cause of death	Prostate cancer
Residence	Santiago, Chile 1990–2009
Nationality	United States
Ethnicity	White
Education	A.B. 1940 (Phi Beta Kappa) LL.B. 1948
Alma mater	Harvard College, Harvard Law School
Occupation	Lawyer, judge, ambassador
Employer	private practice of law in Houston until 1954 U.S. Attorney, Houston, Texas 1954–1958 Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel 1958– General Counsel, Kennecott Copper 1963–1970 Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1970–1990 Ambassador to Uruguay, 1985–1990
Known for	investigating 1992 House banking scandal 1982 case ruled unconstitutional the legislative veto
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Emma Secul Wilkey 1959–2009 (widow)
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Malcolm Richard Wilkey (December 6, 1918 - August 15, 2009 ) was a United States federal judge and ambassador.

Biography

Born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Wilkey received an A.B. from Harvard University in 1940 and an LL.B. from Harvard Law School in 1948. He was in the United States Army 1941–1945, serving in George Patton's Third Army. He left active duty as a Major. He continued in the United States Army Reserve 1946–1953 leaving as a Lieutenant Colonel. He was in private practice in Houston, Texas 1948–1954. He was an Instructor, University of Houston Law Center 1949–1954. He was U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas 1954–1958. He was United States Assistant Attorney General of Office of Legal Affairs, U.S. Department of Justice 1958–1959, and Assistant attorney general of Criminal Division, 1959–1961. He was in private practice in Texas 1961–1963, then General counsel and secretary of Kennecott Copper Corporation 1963–1970.

He was a member of the Advisory Panel on International Law for the Legal Adviser at the U.S. Department of State, 1969–1973.

Wilkey was a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. U.S. President Richard Nixon, on February 16, 1970, nominated him to the seat vacated by Warren E. Burger. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on February 24, 1970, and received his commission on February 25, 1970. He assumed senior status on December 6, 1984. Wilkey's judicial service ended November 8, 1985.

From 1985 he was a visiting fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge University.^[2]

In 1989 he was chairman of the President's Commission on Federal Ethics Law Reform. Griffin B. Bell, U.S. Attorney General under President Jimmy Carter, was vice chairman.^[3]

President Ronald Reagan appointed him U.S. Ambassador to Uruguay in 1985, and President George H. W. Bush continued him in that post^[2] until his retirement in 1990.^[4]

In 1992, the Attorney General appointed him to determine whether federal criminal violations had taken place in the House banking scandal.^[3]

Writings

• Wilkey, Malcolm Richard (2003). As the twig is bent, or, Did I see the best of America. Philadelphia: Xlibris. ISBN 1413411398. 
• Wilkey, Malcolm Richard (1995). Roger Clegg. ed. Is it time for a second Constitutional Convention? (Paperback ed.). Washington, D.C.: National Legal Center for the Public Interest. ISBN 0937299405. 
• Wilkey, Malcolm Richard (1982). Enforcing the Fourth Amendment by alternatives to the exclusionary rule. Orrin G. Hatch (introduction). Washington, D.C.: National Legal Center for the Public Interest. 

References

1. ^ Schudel, Matt (September 7, 2009). "MALCOLM R. WILKEY, 90 - Judge Steered House Check Scandal Probe". Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/06/AR2009090602327.html. Retrieved 2009-09-08. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "George Bush: Continuation of Malcolm Richard Wilkey as Ambassador to Uruguay". May 5, 1989. http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=17004. Retrieved 2009-09-08.  John T. Woolley and Gerhard Peters, The American Presidency Project [online]. Santa Barbara, CA: University of California (hosted), Gerhard Peters (database)
3. ^ ^{a b} Roberts, Robert North; Marion T. Doss, Jr. (September 1997). From Watergate to Whitewater: the public integrity war. Westport, CT: Praeger. pp. 133, 142–143. ISBN 0-275-95597-4. 
4. ^ "George Bush: Nomination of Richard C. Brown To Be United States Ambassador to Uruguay". June 13, 1990. http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=18596. Retrieved 2009-09-08.  John T. Woolley and Gerhard Peters, The American Presidency Project [online]. Santa Barbara, CA: University of California (hosted), Gerhard Peters (database)

Further reading

Cain, George H. (Fall 1999). "Malcolm R. Wilkey: Many Robes, Many Hats: A Career Sketch of a Lawyer, Judge and Diplomat". Experience 10: pp. 18–47. 

External links

• Malcolm Richard Wilkey at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
• "Office of the Historian - Department History - People - Malcolm Richard Wilkey". http://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/wilkey-malcolm-richard. Retrieved 2009-09-08.  (useless State Department biography)

Persondata
Name	Wilkey, Malcolm Richard
Alternative names
Short description	United States federal judge
Date of birth	December 6, 1918
Place of birth	Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Date of death	August 15, 2009
Place of death	Santiago, Chile