Hightower, Jack English, 1926-2013

LC control no.	n 87874436
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Hightower, Jack English, 1926-2013 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Associated country	United States
Located	Vernon (Tex.) Austin (Tex.)
Birth date	1926-09-06
Death date	2013-08-03
Place of birth	Memphis (Tex.)
Place of death	Austin (Tex.)
Affiliation	United States. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science Texas. Supreme Court University of Virginia Texas. Attorney-General's Office United States. Congress. House Texas. Legislature. Senate Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives Baylor University United States. Navy
Profession or occupation	Lawyers Legislators Public prosecutors
Found in	His The family of William Clayton Hightower ... 1988: t.p. (Jack English Hightower) p. 11 (b. 9/6/1926 in Memphis, Texas) Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, viewed Nov. 16, 2018 Hightower, Jack English (Representative from Texas; B.A., Baylor University, 1949; LL.B from Baylor University, 1951; LL.M. from the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1992; served in the U.S. Navy, 1944-1946, district attorney, 46th Texas Judicial District, 1951-1961; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-fourth and to the four succeeeding Congresses (Jan. 3, 1975-Jan. 3, 1985); first assistant attorney general of Texas, 1985-1987; elected to the Texas Supreme Court, (1988; 1992-1995); appointed to the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science by President William J. Clinton, (August 9, 1999-July 19, 2004); died on August 3, 2013, in Austin, Tex.; interment in Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.) Texas State Cemetery, viewed Nov. 16, 2018 Jack English Hightower (Justice on the Texas Supreme Court from 1988 until 1995) Legislative Reference Library of Texas, viewed Nov. 16, 2018 Texas legislators, past & present (Jack Hightower; House, Jan. 13, 1953-Jan. 11, 1955; 53rd Legislature; Senate, Jan. 12, 1965-Jan. 14, 1975, 59th-63rd Legislature; Democrat; Vernon)