Robert Beezer

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Education and career

Born in Seattle, Washington, Beezer received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Virginia in 1951 and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1956. He was a United States Marine Corps Reserve Lieutenant from 1951 to 1953. He was in private practice in Seattle from 1956 to 1984, serving as a Judge pro tem on the Seattle Municipal Court from 1962 to 1976.

Federal judicial service

On March 2, 1984, Beezer was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit vacated by Judge Eugene Allen Wright.[1] Beezer was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 27, 1984, and received his commission on March 28, 1984. He assumed senior status on July 31, 1996.[2]

Death

Beezer died from lung cancer in Seattle on March 30, 2012, at age 83.[3]

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