Nils Boe

Nils Andreas Boe (1913-1992) was a federal judge on the United States Court of International Trade and the United States Customs Court.

Federal judicial career

Boe was nominated to the USCC by President Richard Nixon. He was commissioned as chief judge on August 10, 1971. He served as chief judge through 1977. He was reassigned to the Court of International Trade when the Customs Court was dissolved, receiving his commission on November 1, 1980. He assumed senior status on April 30, 1984, serving in that capacity until his death on July 30, 1992.

Education

• University of Wisconsin, A.B., 1935
• University of Wisconsin Law School, LL.B., 1937

Professional career

• Special investigator, State's Attorney Office, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, 1937-1940
• Deputy state's attorney, Minnehaha, County, South Dakota, 1941-1942
• U.S. Navy Lieutenant senior grade, 1942-1946
• Private practice, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 1946-1965
• Member, South Dakota House of Representatives, 1953-1955
• Member and speaker, South Dakota House of Representatives, 1957-1959
• State lieutenant governor, South Dakota, 1963-1965
• State Governor, South Dakota, 1965-1969
• Assistant director, Office of Emergency Preparedness, U.S. Government, 1969-1971
• Director, Office of Intergovernmental Relations, 1969-1971