Schwab, Herbert M., 1915-2005
Biography
Herbert M. Schwab was born in Portland, Oregon, in 1915. He graduated from Northwestern College of Law in 1935. He served in the U.S. Army Reserves in India during World War II, from 1941 to 1946. In 1946, he and Barbara Hervin Meyer were married; they had one child. After his discharge in 1946, he returned to Portland and practiced law from 1947 until 1959, when he was appointed to the Multnomah County Circuit Court. He also served on the Portland School Board from 1950 to 1959. In 1965 and 1966, Schwab sat as a temporary Oregon Supreme Court justice. He returned to private practice from 1966 until 1969, when he played a key role in establishing the Oregon Court of Appeals and served as its first chief judge until retiring in 1980. He later served on the Northwest Power Planning Council, and served as mayor of Cannon Beach. He died in 2005.
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Oral history interview with Betty Roberts
Oral history interview with Judge Betty Roberts conducted by Clark Hansen as part of the Oregon Legislature Oral History Series. Roberts was an Oregon Court of Appeals judge and state Supreme Court justice.
Oral history interview with Herbert M. Schwab
Oral history interview with Herbert M. Schwab conducted by John C. Beatty on January 17, 1994, as part of the United States District Court Oral History Project. Schwab was chief justice for the Oregon Appeals Court.
Oral history interview with Jacob B. Tanzer
Oral history interview with Jacob B. Tanzer conducted by Frank M. Parisi in October 1988, as part of the Oregon Court of Appeals Oral History Project, which later became part of the U.S. District Court Oral History Project. Tanzer served as a judge on the Oregon Court of Appeals from 1973 to 1980, and as a justice on the Oregon Supreme Court.
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