Serranus Clinton Hastings

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Serranus Clinton Hastings (18131893) was the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California and founded the Hastings College of the Law in 1887 with his gift of $100,000. [1]

Preceded by
None
Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court
January 1850 –January 1852
Succeeded by
Henry A. Lyons
Preceded by
James A. McDougall
Attorney General of California
18521854
Succeeded by
John R. McConnell

[edit] References

  1. ^ Donna Domino, “Outgoing Dean Revitalized Troubled Hastings,” San Francisco Daily Journal, 6 April 2006