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Raymond Charles Clevenger III (born August 27, 1937) is a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Education and career Clevenger was born in Topeka, Kansas. He was educated in the public schools in Topeka and at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. Clevenger received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University in 1959, graduating magna cum laude. After a stint at Morgan Guaranty Trust Company he earned a Bachelor of Laws at Yale Law School in 1966, graduating magna cum laude and Order of the Coif. He was a law clerk to Justice Byron White at the Supreme Court during the October term, 1966 and practiced law at Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, in Washington, D.C., and London from 1967 to 1990. Federal judicial service Clevenger was nominated by President George H. W. Bush to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, to the seat vacated by Judge Oscar Hirsh Davis, on January 24, 1990. He was confirmed on April 27, 1990, received his commission on April 30, 1990 and assumed duties on May 3, 1990. He assumed senior status on February 1, 2006. See also List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States (Seat 6) References External links Raymond C. Clevenger at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center. United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit: A History: 1990–2002 / compiled by members of the Advisory Council to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in celebration of the court's twentieth anniversary. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. 2004. . Discover the Raymond C Wilson popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Raymond C Wilson books.

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  • George Armstrong Custer and the Royal Buffalo Hunt of 1872 synopsis, comments

    George Armstrong Custer and the Royal Buffalo Hunt of 1872

    Raymond C. Wilson

    Already established as an Indian fighter on the Great Plains, Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer’s 1872 visit to Nebraska wasn’t for war, but for entertainment. It was here...

  • Commander in Chief synopsis, comments

    Commander in Chief

    Raymond C. Wilson

    It would be easy to assume that an American President (as Commander in Chief) must have some background in military service. But the reality is that military service is NOT a prere...

  • The Men Who Saved the Liberty Bell synopsis, comments

    The Men Who Saved the Liberty Bell

    Raymond C. Wilson

    After General George Washington's defeat at the Battle of Brandywine in September 1777, Philadelphia was under imminent attack by the British Army. In order to prevent capture of t...

  • Martyr of the Race Course synopsis, comments

    Martyr of the Race Course

    Raymond C. Wilson

    This is the true story of William Snyder Bressler who was raised on a farm in Warriors Mark, Pennsylvania. During the course of the Civil War, William and three of his brothers joi...

  • European Royal Bloodlines of the American Presidents synopsis, comments

    European Royal Bloodlines of the American Presidents

    Raymond C. Wilson

    It is interesting to note that all 45 American presidents have carried European royal bloodlines into office. Every one of the 45 American presidents has been genetic descendants f...

  • Family Trees of the American Presidents synopsis, comments

    Family Trees of the American Presidents

    Raymond C. Wilson

    If the United States is really the ‘Land of the Free’ where anyone can become president, you would expect that the American presidents [George Washington to Joe Biden] would expres...

  • George Armstrong Custer and the Pennypackers of Pennsylvania synopsis, comments

    George Armstrong Custer and the Pennypackers of Pennsylvania

    Raymond C. Wilson

    While researching family genealogy, I was surprised to learn that my wife is related to Major General George Armstrong Custer, Major General Galusha Pennypacker, Governor Samuel W....

  • The Men Who Saved West Point synopsis, comments

    The Men Who Saved West Point

    Raymond C. Wilson

    It is widely known that Major General Benedict Arnold conspired to hand the American fortress at West Point over to the enemy for 20,000 British pounds and a brigadier general comm...

  • Kennedy Family of Pennsylvania and Their Native American Kin synopsis, comments

    Kennedy Family of Pennsylvania and Their Native American Kin

    Raymond C. Wilson

    While recently researching the rumored marriage of a ScotsIrish Immigrant by the name of David Kennedy, Sr. to a Native American woman in colonial Pennsylvania in the early1700s, I...

  • Boy Generals of the Civil War synopsis, comments

    Boy Generals of the Civil War

    Raymond C. Wilson

    The Civil War was the last American conflict in which very young soldiers regularly rose to high rank. Many a youth of 16 or younger managed to enlist, in the absence of public bir...

  • Plane Went Down in Gander Town synopsis, comments

    Plane Went Down in Gander Town

    Raymond C. Wilson

    Nearly 38 years after 256 people died in the crash of Arrow Air Flight 1285, we still don’t have a definitive answer as to why the ‘plane went down in Gander town’. Five members of...

  • All about Space Flight for Kids synopsis, comments

    All about Space Flight for Kids

    Raymond C. Wilson

    Between the mid1950s to 1975, the United States and the Soviet Union strived to outdo each other in rocket technology and space exploration. This ongoing rivalry became known as th...

  • The Hessians Are Coming synopsis, comments

    The Hessians Are Coming

    Raymond C. Wilson

    Hessian troops served throughout the Revolutionary War, and were both feared and admired for their discipline and ferocity. They played important roles in many battles. After the w...