STEPHEN G. BREYER

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FULL NAME:
Stephen Gerald Breyer

BORN:
August 15, 1938
San Francisco, California

EDUCATION:
Stanford University (AB, 1959)
Magdalen College, Oxford (BA, 1961)
Harvard University (LLB, 1964)

HIGHLIGHTS: 
1957:
U.S. Army 
1964-1965:
Law Clerk to Supreme Court Justice Arthur Goldberg
1965-1967:
Special Assistant to the Assistant U.S. Attorney for Antitrust
1967-1994:
Faculty of Harvard Law School
1973:
Assistant Special Prosecutor, Watergate Special Prosecution Force
1974-1975:
Special Counsel, Administrative Practices Subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee
1977-1980:
Professor, Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University 
1979-1980:
Chief Counsel, Senate Judiciary Committee 
1985-1989:
Commissioner, U.S. Sentencing Commission 
1980-1994:
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
1990-1994:
Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, 
Member, Judicial Conference of the United States 
1994-2022:
Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court

RESOURCES:

President Clinton congratulates Stephen G. Breyer on his confirmation as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court on July 29, 1994 (William J. Clinton Library)

BIOGRAPHIES:
Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
Congressional Quarterly
Oyez
Cornell University Law School
Wikipedia 

ORAL HISTORY: 
Edward M. Kennedy Institute (6/17/2008)
Edward M Kennedy Institute (9/28/2008)

PORTRAIT:

Official Supreme Court Portrait by Steve Petteway

MEDIA COVERAGE:

3/2/2011: President Barack Obama reads from his book, “Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters,” during a visit by Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer and his family to the Oval Office. Joining them, from left, are Justice Breyer’s wife Joanna Breyer, grandson Eli Essiam Breyer and daughter Nell Breyer. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

NOMINATION (5/13/1994):
C-SPAN
New York Times
Washington Post

CONFIRMATION (7/29/1994):
Washington Post
New York Times

PROFILES: 
New York Times (5/14/1994)
New Yorker (9/27/2010) 

RETIREMENT ANNOUNCEMENT (1/27/2022):
Resignation Letter
New York Times
Washington Post
Wall Street Journal
National Public Radio 

RETIREMENT ANALYSIS:
Washington Post