Thomas Tongue
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| Thomas H. Tongue | |
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75th Associate Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court
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| In office 1969 – 1982 |
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| Appointed by | Tom McCall |
| Preceded by | Alfred T. Goodwin |
| Succeeded by | Betty Roberts |
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| Born | 1912 Hillsboro, Oregon |
| Died | May 30, 1994 Hillsboro, Oregon |
| Spouse(s) | Bernice Healy Tongue |
Thomas H. Tongue III (1912 - May 30, 1994) was the 75th Associate Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court. He is buried in Hillsboro, Oregon’s Pioneer Cemetery.[1] Tongue is the grandson of U.S. Representative Thomas H. Tongue, who was an emigrant from England in the early days of the state of Oregon.[2]
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[edit] Early life
Justice Tongue was born in Hillsboro, Oregon to the Tongue legal family.[1]
[edit] Education
Mr. Tongue began college in 1930 and graduated with his undergraduate degree from the University of Oregon in 1934. He then attended the School of Law at the University of Oregon, graduating with a J.D. in 1937.[2] While at Oregon he served as class president as an undergrad, and finished first in his class in law school.[1] Also as an undergraduate he was a member of the Chi Psi fraternity.[3] After the University of Oregon he went on to earn an advanced degree from Yale Law School.[1] At Yale he earned a Doctor of the Science of Law while on the Yale Sterling Fellowship that he had obtained with the assistance of Dean Wayne Morse of Oregon’s law school.[2]
[edit] Legal Career
Tongue began his career working in the New Deal government for the Labor Department, including arguing cases in front of the U.S. Supreme Court.[2] Later he worked for the National War Labor Board and the University of Oregon before entering private practice in 1943 in Portland, Oregon.[1] During his time in private practice, Tongue taught at the Northwestern College of Law. Addtionally, he served on the Oregon State Bar’s board of governors, Oregon Labor Management Relations Board, and was chairperson of the Oregon Judicial Fitness Commission.[1] He was appointed by Governor Tom McCall in 1969 to replace Alfred Goodwin who had resigned.[4] Tongue was then elected to a full six-year term in 1970 and re-elected in 1976.[4] Justice Tongue then resigned from the bench February 7, 1982.[4] After retiring from the Oregon Supreme Court, Tongue continued to work as a senior judge for the state and as an arbitrator.[1]
[edit] Awards
- Oregon State Bar Association President’s Award recipient in 1992.[5]
- Oregon State Bar Association Award of Merit recipient in 1961.[5]
[edit] Decisions authored
- Ruble Forest Products, Inc. v. Lancer Mobile Homes of Oregon, 269 Or. 315, 524 P.2d 1204 (1974) (contract law)
- Southworth v. Oliver, 284 Or. 361, 587 P.2d 994 (1978) (contract law)
- Oregon Bus. Planning Cncl. v. Dept. of Land Conservation and Development, 290 Or. 741, 626 P.2d 350 (1981) (land use)
[edit] Later life and family
Justice Tongue was married to Bernice Healy.[1] They had three sons: John Richard, James Cadwell, and Thomas Healy.[1] Thomas H. Tongue III died May 30, 1994, in Hillsboro, Oregon and is buried at Hillsboro’s Pioneer Cemetery.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "T.H. Tongue, ex-state high court Justice, dies", The Oregonian, June 1, 1994, p. B04.
- ^ a b c d Class Notes. Oregon Lawyer. University of Oregon School of Law. Retrieved on January 6, 2007.
- ^ Prominent Chi Psi Brothers
- ^ a b c Oregon Supreme Court Justices. Oregon Blue Book. Oregon Secretary of State. Retrieved on December 21, 2006.
- ^ a b OSB:Award of Merit and President’s Awards
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