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Jefferson Barnes Fordham

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Jefferson Barnes Fordham

Birth
Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
Death
24 Jun 1994 (aged 88)
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Burial
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Son of:
Christopher Columbus Fordham, Jr. (1869–1938)
Maggie Shepherd Barnes Fordham (1871-1961)
Marriage: 28 Nov 1894 • Greensboro, Guilford NC

Siblings:
Edward Hugh Fordham (1898–1961)
Margaret Fordham (1901–1903)
Christopher Columbus Fordham III (1903–1969)
Winifred Croom Fordham (1907–1909)
Janetta Fordham (1910–1912)
Woodrow Murray Fordham (1912–1984)

1st wife:
Marriage: 1939 Union County NC
Rebecca Jane Norwood Fordham (1902-1962)
Children:
Robert Norwood Fordham (1939-2008)
William Croom Fordham (1940-2020)

2nd wife:
Rita Ada Phifer Fordham

Jefferson Barnes Fordham, ex-law dean, rights advocate State University, joining the faculty in Philadelphia as a professor of law in 1952. As a law dean he testified at congressional hearings and served on public panels, including one that advised President John F. Kennedy on ethics in government and the problems posed by conflicts of interest. He was a vocal supporter of individual rights and racial equality.

Fordham was bom in Greensboro, N.C. He was a graduate of the University of North Carolina, where he also earned his master's. He received a law degree in 1930 at Yale University. ' Hew Yoric Times "

Jefferson Barnes Fordham, a former dean of law at the University of Pennsylvania who was a vocal supporter of individual rights "and racial equality, died Friday in University of Utah Medical Center. He was 88 and lived in Salt .Lake City.

Fordham served as dean of the university's law school from 1952 , until he reached emeritus status 1 in 1970. From 1972 until his retirement last year he was a professor of law at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. Previously, he held professorships at Louisiana State University, Vanderbilt University and Ohio Summit Appeldorn
Son of:
Christopher Columbus Fordham, Jr. (1869–1938)
Maggie Shepherd Barnes Fordham (1871-1961)
Marriage: 28 Nov 1894 • Greensboro, Guilford NC

Siblings:
Edward Hugh Fordham (1898–1961)
Margaret Fordham (1901–1903)
Christopher Columbus Fordham III (1903–1969)
Winifred Croom Fordham (1907–1909)
Janetta Fordham (1910–1912)
Woodrow Murray Fordham (1912–1984)

1st wife:
Marriage: 1939 Union County NC
Rebecca Jane Norwood Fordham (1902-1962)
Children:
Robert Norwood Fordham (1939-2008)
William Croom Fordham (1940-2020)

2nd wife:
Rita Ada Phifer Fordham

Jefferson Barnes Fordham, ex-law dean, rights advocate State University, joining the faculty in Philadelphia as a professor of law in 1952. As a law dean he testified at congressional hearings and served on public panels, including one that advised President John F. Kennedy on ethics in government and the problems posed by conflicts of interest. He was a vocal supporter of individual rights and racial equality.

Fordham was bom in Greensboro, N.C. He was a graduate of the University of North Carolina, where he also earned his master's. He received a law degree in 1930 at Yale University. ' Hew Yoric Times "

Jefferson Barnes Fordham, a former dean of law at the University of Pennsylvania who was a vocal supporter of individual rights "and racial equality, died Friday in University of Utah Medical Center. He was 88 and lived in Salt .Lake City.

Fordham served as dean of the university's law school from 1952 , until he reached emeritus status 1 in 1970. From 1972 until his retirement last year he was a professor of law at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. Previously, he held professorships at Louisiana State University, Vanderbilt University and Ohio Summit Appeldorn


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