| LC control no. | n 2004073668 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Gourdin, Edward O. (Edward Orval), 1897-1966 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 18970810 |
| Death date | 19660722 |
| Place of birth | Jacksonville (Fla.) |
| Place of death | Quincy (Mass.) |
| Affiliation | Harvard University Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) Democratic Party (U.S.) United States Attorney's Office Massachusetts. Superior Court National Association for the Advancement of Colored People |
| Profession or occupation | Lawyers Soldiers Judges Athletes |
| Found in | NUCMC data from Boston University, Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center for Edward Gourdin collection, [19--] (Edward O. Gourdin; Edward Orval Gourdin; 1898-1966; African-American; Olympic track star of 1920s; active in military; Harvard grad.; became one of first African-Americans to be appointed as judge of Mass. Superior Court) African American National Biography, accessed March 06, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Gourdin, Edward Orval; lawyer, soldier, jurist / judge, army officer (1866-1995), track and field athlete, Olympic medalist, war hero; born 10 August 1897 Jacksonville, Florida, United States; received his LL.B. degree from Harvard (1924); won a silver medal in the broad jump at the Paris Olympic games (1924); began his career as a Massachusetts lawyer (1925); was briefly a member of the Republican Party and decided to switch his allegiance to the Democrats (1930s); President Roosevelt appointed him as an assistant U.S. attorney, a position he held until 1951; was a special justice of the Roxbury District Court; became the first black judge elected on the Massachusetts Superior Court (1958); was a member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; died 22 July 1966 in Quincy, Massachusetts, United States, City Hospital) |
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