Davies, Ronald Norwood

Born December 11, 1904, in Crookston, MN
Died April 18, 1996, in Fargo, ND

Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota
Nominated by Dwight D. Eisenhower on June 21, 1955, to a seat vacated by Charles J. Vogel. Confirmed by the Senate on July 22, 1955, and received commission on July 27, 1955. Assumed senior status on August 27, 1971. Service terminated on April 18, 1996, due to death.

Education:
University of North Dakota, A.B., 1927
Georgetown College Law School (now Georgetown University Law Center), LL.B., 1930

Professional Career:

Private practice, Grand Forks, North Dakota, 1930-1932, 1940-1942, 1946-1955
Judge, Grand Forks [North Dakota] Municipal Court, 1932-1940
U.S. Army, 1942-1946

Bibliography

Warner, Colleen A. "From Fargo to Little Rock: Federal Judge Ronald N. Davies and the Public School Desegregation Crisis of 1957." Western Legal History 17 (Winter/Spring 2004): 1-44.

Manuscript Collections

University of North Dakota
Grand Forks, N.D.
Ronald N. Davies papers, 1942-1983.
8.5 linear ft.; collection contains records relating to the 1957 racial integration of Central High School in Little Rock, Ark., Davies's case files as U.S. district judge, and daily journals concerning his law practice in Grand Forks, N.D., and his federal career.

Oral History

Davies, Ronald N. "Boyd Christenson Interviews: Ronald N. Davies." Interview conducted in October 1979 by Boyd Christenson for Prairie Public Television, Department of Public Affairs. Circuit Library, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, St. Louis, Missouri, 1979. Videotape, 30 minutes.

Davies, Ronald N. "Judge Ronald N. Davies, Fargo." Interview conducted on November 7, 1974, by Richard Cannon Erwin. North Dakota Oral History Project, State Archives and Historical Research Library, State Historical Society of North Dakota, Bismarck, North Dakota, 1974. Audiotape.

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