Scalia, Antonin Gregory, 1936-2016

Antonin Scalia was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court for thirty years, 1986-2016. He was the first Italian-American to be nominated to the court.

Born on March 11, 1936 in Trenton, New Jersey, he was raised in Queens, New York, and earned his A.B. summa cum laude from Georgetown University. After receiving his LL.B. magna cum laude from Harvard Law School, he worked as a lawyer in private practice for Jones, Day, Cockley, and Reavis in Cleavland, OH; as a law professor for the University of Virginia, University of Chicago, and Georgetown University; and held government positions in the Nixon and Ford administrations in the Office of Telecommunications Policy and the Department of Justice.

In 1982, he was nominated to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, where he served for four years, until his elevation to the Supreme Court in 1986. Alongside his judicial career, he published several books, and was a sought-after speaker for numerous events across the United States and abroad.

He died on February 13, 2016 while on a trip to Shafter, Texas