Deem, Woodruff J., 1913-1988

Woodruff J. Deem (1913- ) was a lawyer and professor.

Woodruff J. Deem was born December 19, 1913, in Salt Lake City. He graduated from Occidental College in 1936. He studied at Georgetown Law School and graduated in 1940. He served in the United States Army from 1943 to 1946. He married Norrie Dolvin in February 1947. He then worked for Ernest Wilkinson’s Law Firm focusing primarily on Indian Claims Litigation. He worked for Ventura County, California, as the Chief Criminal Prosecutor from 1949-1955 and 1957-1962 and later as the Ventura County District Attorney from 1962-1973. Woodruff also worked as a Professor at Church College Hawaii from 1955-1957 and at the BYU Law School starting in 1973.

From the guide to the Woodruff J. Deem papers, 1824-1983, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)