SOUTH PARK HIGH SCHOOL, BEAUMONT, TEXAS	GRADUATED 1954
	LAMAR STATE COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY, BEAUMONT, TEXAS	GRADUATED 1961
	UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SCHOOL OF LAW, HOUSTON, TEXAS	GRADUATED 1968

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MILITARY

UNITED STATES ARMY, SUPREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED POWERS, EUROPE, VERSAILLES, FRANCE

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PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

	ORANGEFIELD INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT: SCHOOL TEACHER & COACH
	HOUSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT: TEACHER
	PRIVATE LAW PRACTICE
	SERVED AS DISTRICT JUDGE OF THE 58TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS
	SERVED AS THE CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE NINTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEALS: AUTHORED IN EXCESS OF 1,500 LEGAL OPINIONS
	REACHED SENIOR JUDICIAL STATUS IN 2002
	OF COUNSEL FOR FERGUSON FIRM, BEAUMONT, TEXAS
	CURRENTLY SERVING AS JEFFERSON COUNTY JUDGE

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