Alfred Woodward
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Alfred E. Woodward II (born December 15, 1913, Sandwich, Illinois) was the Chief Judge of the 18th Judicial Circuit Court, DuPage County, Illinois from 1973 to 1975, and the father of reporter and author Bob Woodward.
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[edit] Birth and siblings
Alfred was the son of Alfred E. Woodward I (1870-?), and Mabel (1873-?). Mabel was previously married to a Coleman. Mabel and Alfred had the following other children: Malcolm C. Woodward (1895-1992); and John S. Woodward (1903-1990) who was a lawyer. Alfred Woodward I, worked at the Sandwich Manufacturing Company.
[edit] College
Alfred Woodward II, went to Oberlin College in Ohio on a football scholarship in 1931 where he majored in political science. In 1934 he was captain of the college football team, and he graduated in 1935. After graduation he attended Northwestern University School of Law where he graduated in 1938.
[edit] Early years
After getting his law degree, Alfred moved to Wheaton, Illinois, where he joined his brother, John, who operated a law partnership. Alfred married Jane Barnes around 1940 then joined the United States Navy with the rank of Ensign, and served in the Pacific Theatre as a communications officer. He married Jane Upshur and had a son: Robert Upshur Woodward in 1943. Alfred was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant in 1945. He was discharged from the Navy in January of 1946, and he went home to Wheaton and joined his brother's law firm. Later after a divorce, Alfred would marry Alice Elizabeth Ensko (1924-1999).
[edit] Legal career
In 1950, Alfred became a full partner in his brother's law firm of Rathje and Woodward. He later served as President of the DuPage County Bar Association starting in 1956. In 1967, he was elected to the American College of Trial Lawyers. He became a judge on the Eighteenth Circuit in 1970, and was Chief judge from 1973 to 1975. He left the Eighteenth in 1977 and was appointed to the Second District Appellate Court.
Alfred Woodward retired from the bench at age 81 in 1994. The Second District Appellate Court then appointed him to serve as that Court's representative on the Agency's Board of Commissioners in June of 1996. He is also a fellow of the Illinois Bar Foundation.
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