Papers, 1962-1983.

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Papers, 1962-1983.

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Photocopies of news clippings about, and photographs of, Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Bruce Beilfuss and his wife, DeEtte. Beilfuss attended the University of Wisconsin as an undergraduate, and subsequently obtained his law degree from the U.W. School of Law in 1938. In 1941 he was elected as the District Attorney for Clark County (Wis.). From 1943 to 1946, Beilfuss served as a PT boat commander in the South Pacific but he was reelected in absentia and continued as District Attorney until 1948 when he was elected as the Circuit Court Judge of Wisconsin's 17th district. In 1976, Beilfuss attained the position of Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, which he occupied until his retirement in 1983. Beilfuss died in 1983, and a eulogy is also included among these papers.

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