Edwin J. Peterson

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office = 39th Chief Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court
termstart = 1983
termend = 1991
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predecessor = Berkeley Lent
successor = Wallace P. Carson, Jr.
office2 = 80th Associate Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court
termstart2 = 1979
termend2 = 1993
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appointer2 = Robert W. Straub
predecessor2 = Dean F. Bryson
successor2 = Robert D. Durham
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Edwin J. Peterson is an American jurist in the state of Oregon. He was the 39th Chief Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court, serving from 1983 to 1991, and is currently a Distinguished Jurist in Residence at Willamette University College of Law in Salem, Oregon.cite web
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Education

Peterson received his undergraduate BS in music from the University of Oregon in 1951. He then went on to earn his LLB in 1957 from Oregon’s law school.cite web
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Legal career

Practiced law in Portland, Oregon for over 20 years with the firm Tooze, Kerr, Peterson, Marshall & Shenker. Following private practice, Edwin Peterson joined the Oregon Supreme Court in 1979 when he was appointed May 15. He then was re-elected in 1980 and 1986. In 1983 he was elected as Chief Justice of the court by his fellow justices, serving until 1991. cite web
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accessdate = 2006-12-09 ] In 1989, Peterson was awarded the University of Oregon Law’s Meritorious Service Award, and the following year was the recipient of the Oregon State Bar Association's Award of Merit.

Later years

After leaving the court he was given the University of Oregon’s Distinguished Service Award, and the Oregon State Bar Association's President’s Award for Affirmative Action in 1995 [http://www.osbar.org/_docs/leadership/presawards.pdf Award of Merit and President’s Awards.] Oregon State Bar. Retrieved on November 26 2007.] The University of Oregon's alumni association gave Peterson their Distinguished Alumni Award in 1996, and in 1998 he earned the National Inns of Court’s Lewis F. Powell Jr. Award for Professionalism and Ethics. Peterson has, in the past, been a member of the Salem Pops Orchestra, where he played French Horn.

References

External links

* [http://www.diocese-oregon.org/artman/publish/printer_160.shtml "Retired Supreme Court chief justice's long fight to destroy racial discrimination in Oregon's legal system] ." Deirdre Steinberg, The Episcopal Diocese of Oregon.