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Show Native of Park City Chief Justice Traynor Dies in Calif. served as Chairman of the National News Council in 1973 and 1974. He was a Phi Betta Kappa, and a member of the legal honorary society Order of Coif. He also holds a number of honorary doctorate doctor-ate degrees including one issued him in 1963 from the University of tah. He is survived by his wife, Madeleine, and his sons Michael, San Francisco "and Joseph, Bakersfield, Calif. He was preceeded in death by son Stephen Pierre. Friends are invited to attend a memorial service at the Pacific School of Religion Chapel, 1798 Scenic Ave., Berkeley, May 21 at 6:30 p.m. Those wishing to make a memorial contribution can do so to any of the following: The Roeer J. Traynor Law . Library Fund, Hastings Col-lege Col-lege of the Law Library Fund, Hastings College of the Law, University of California-Berkeley, 200 Mc Allister St., San Francisco, Calif., 94102; the Stephen Pierre Traynor Fund for Scholarly Writing, College of Law, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84111; Roger and Madeleine Traynor Fund for Scholarly Writing, School of Law, University of Virginia, Vir-ginia, Charlottesville, VA 22901. Roger J. Traynor, 83, former Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court and native of Park City, died in his Berkeley home May 14, after a prolonged bout with cancer. Mr. Traynor served as Chief Justice in California from 1964 until 1970. He was a member of the court from 1940 through 1970. He was born in Park City on Feb. 12, 1900. He graduated from Park City High School in 1918 and enrolled at the University of California at Berkeley where he earned his Bachelor of Arts Degree in 1923. In 1927, Mr. Traynor simultaneously received his jurisDoctorate Degree and a Doctorate of Philosophy degree de-gree from the University of California. He was a political science instructor at the college from 1926 to 1929 and a professor of law from 1929 through 1940, when he was appointed to the state Supreme Court. From 1937 through 1940, Mr. Traynor was a special consultant to the United States Treasury Department on Taxation and was a consultant to the California State Board of Equalization from 1934 to 1940. He also |
