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Malcolm Wilkey
Malcolm Richard Wilkey was a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1970 to 1985. He retired from the federal judiciary in 1985 to take up a position as U.S. Ambassador to Uruguay.[1]
Wilkey was nominated by President Richard Nixon on February 16, 1970, to a seat vacated by Judge Warren Burger. He was confirmed by the Senate on February 24, 1970, and received commission the next day. He assumed senior status on December 6, 1984, and served in that capacity until his retirement on November 8, 1985.
On August 15, 2009, Wilkey died at age 90 from a battle with prostate cancer.[2]
Education
- Harvard University, A.B., 1940
- Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1948
Military service
Wilkey served in the United States Army from 1941 to 1953. From 1941 to 1945, he was a Major, and from 1946 to 1953, a Lieutenant Colonel.
Professional career
- 1989: Chairman, Commission on Federal Ethics Law Reform
- 1985-1990: Ambassador to Uruguay
- 1963-1970: General counsel and secretary, Kennecott Copper Corporation
- 1961-1963: Attorney in private practice
- 1959-1961: Assistant attorney general, Criminal Division, United States Department of Justice
- 1958-1959: Assistant attorney general, Office of Legal Affairs, U.S. Department of Justice
- 1954-1958: U.S. Attorney, Southern District of Texas
- 1949-1954: Instructor, University of Houston School of Law
- 1948-1954: Attorney in private practice[3]
Publications
Wilkey published a memoir, As the Twig is Bent, in 2004. A review of the book describes it as the story of how Wilkey "rose from a depression-era southern boyhood to the battles of World War II, high offices in Washington, the U.S. ambassadorship to Uruguay, and now an active retirement, still serving his country, in Chile. A delightful, informed, opinionated recounting of landmarks in the history of a nation and in the life of a patriotic American."[4]
House banking scandal
In 1992, Wilkey was appointed to conduct a special Justice Department investigation of the 329 members of the U.S. House of Representatives who had overdrafts in the bank during a 39-month period that ended in October 1991. Wilkey's report on the House banking scandal concluded that there was possible criminal conduct by a small number of members and resulted in the immediate establishment of a special prosecution unit in the Justice Department to conduct a more complete investigation.[5]
Henry Gonzalez, a Democratic member of the U.S. Congress, petitioned Chief Justice William Rehnquist, without success, to halt Wilkey's invesigation.[6] Then U.S. House Speaker Tom Foley also resisted the release of records to Wilkey, without success.[7]
See also
External links
- Biography from the Federal Judicial Center
Footnotes
- ↑ Madisonville Messenger, "The Madisonville, Ky. Messenger pays tribute to a great man"
- ↑ Washington Post, "Judge Steered House Check Scandal Probe," September 7, 2009
- ↑ The New York Times, "An Odd Way to Raise Ethical Standards," February 22, 1989
- ↑ As the Twig is Bent, published by Xlibris, 2004, 648 pages
- ↑ Boston Globe, "Crime probe set in House bank affair; Most cleared of wrongdoing," December 17, 1992
- ↑ St. Petersburg Times, "Justice declines to halt bank review," May 7, 1992
- ↑ Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, "House Bank subpoenaed," April 25, 1992
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