Clarence Arlen Beam

Clarence Beam

Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Incumbent
Assumed office February 1, 2001
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In office November 9, 1987 – February 1, 2001
Appointed by	Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	Donald Ross
Succeeded by	William Riley
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska
In office 1986–1987
Preceded by	Warren Urbom
Succeeded by	Lyle Strom
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska
In office November 18, 1981 – November 9, 1987
Appointed by	Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	Robert Denney
Succeeded by	William Cambridge
Personal details
Born	(1930-01-14) January 14, 1930 Stapleton, Nebraska, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Nebraska, Lincoln

Clarence Arlen Beam (born January 14, 1930)^[1] is an American jurist and a United States federal judge.

Born in Stapleton, Nebraska, Beam received a B.S. from the University of Nebraska in 1951, and was a Captain in the United States Army during the Korean War from 1951 to 1953. He received a J.D. from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln College of Law in 1965, and was thereafter in private practice in Lincoln, Nebraska until 1982.

On October 14, 1981, Beam was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska vacated by Robert V. Denney. Beam was confirmed by the United States Senate on November 18, 1981, and received his commission the same day. He served as chief judge from 1986 to 1987. On July 1, 1987, Reagan nominated Beam for elevation to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit vacated by Donald Roe Ross. Beam was again confirmed by the Senate on November 6, 1987, and received his commission on November 9, 1987. He assumed senior status on February 1, 2001.

Sources

Clarence Arlen Beam at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Legal offices
Preceded by Robert Denney	Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska 1981–1987	Succeeded by William Cambridge
Preceded by Warren Urbom	Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska 1986–1987	Succeeded by Lyle Strom
Preceded by Donald Ross	Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit 1987–2001	Succeeded by William Riley

Current senior judges of the United States courts of appeals

1st Circuit	Campbell Selya Cyr Boudin Stahl Lipez

2nd Circuit	Newman Kearse Winter Walker Leval Calabresi Straub Sack Parker

3rd Circuit	Garth Sloviter Stapleton Greenberg Scirica Cowen Nygaard Roth Rendell Barry Van Antwerpen

4th Circuit	Phillips Chapman Hamilton Davis

5th Circuit	King Reavley Higginbotham Barksdale Wiener Benavides

6th Circuit	Lively Keith Merritt Wellford Milburn Guy Ryan Norris Suhrheinrich Siler Daughtrey Gilman

7th Circuit	Bauer Ripple Manion

8th Circuit	Bright Bowman Beam Hansen Arnold Bye Melloy

9th Circuit	Goodwin Wallace Hug Schroeder Farris Pregerson Nelson Canby Noonan Leavy Trott Fernandez Kleinfeld Hawkins Tashima Fisher

10th Circuit	McKay Seymour Porfilio Anderson Baldock Brorby Ebel Murphy O'Brien

11th Circuit	Hill Fay Kravitch Anderson Edmondson Cox Dubina Black

DC Circuit	Edwards Silberman Williams Ginsburg Sentelle Randolph

Federal Circuit	Mayer Plager Clevenger Schall Bryson Linn

Authority control	VIAF: 160784167

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