Walter Dennis Myers Jr. (June 9, 1914 – June 2, 1967) was an American

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, politician, and

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who served as a justice of the

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from January 7, 1963 until his death on June 2, 1967.Minde C. Browning, Richard Humphrey, and Bruce Kleinschmidt,
Biographical Sketches of Indiana Supreme Court Justices
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Biography

Myers was born in

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, Indiana. He was the son of Walter Dennis Myers and Katherine Lyons. Myers Sr., originally from

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, Pennsylvania, was a First World War veteran and a

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politician who served in the

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and as U.S. Assistant Postmaster General from 1940 to 1953 in the administrations of

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and Harry Truman. Myers graduated from Shortridge High School, where he ran for class president. Myers then attended Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. He received his first degree from Yale in 1935. He then attended Yale Law School, receiving his law degree in 1938. Myers returned to Indianapolis, opening a legal practice in 1939. Beginning in 1943, Myers began teaching at Butler University, lecturing on business law. In 1958, Myers was elected as judge of the Indiana Appellate Court, serving in the position until 1962. Myers was a member of the

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. He was a member of the Association's Committee on Illegal Practice of Law and Grievances. In 1963, Myers became a justice of the

, succeeding Justice

Arch Bobbitt Arch Newton Bobbitt (September 3, 1895 – January 24, 1978) was a justice of the Indiana Supreme Court from January 2, 1951, to January 7, 1963. Born in Eckerty, Indiana, Eckerty, Crawford County, Indiana, Bobbit graduated from Birdseye High Scho ...

. Myers died in office and was succeeded by Justice David Lewis.

References

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