William Cameron Canby was Peace Corps Director in Uganda
Canby, William Cameron Jr.
Born 1931 in St. Paul, MN
Federal Judicial Service:
U. S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Nominated by Jimmy Carter on April 2, 1980, to a seat vacated by Ozell Miller Trask; Confirmed by the Senate on May 21, 1980, and received commission on May 23, 1980. Assumed senior status on May 23, 1996.
Education:
Yale University, B.A., 1953
University of Minnesota, LL.B., 1956
Professional Career:
U.S. Air Force Lieutenant, JAG Corps, 1956-1958
Law clerk, Justice Charles E. Whittaker, Supreme Court of the United States, 1958-1959
Private practice, St. Paul Minnesota, 1959-1962
Associate director, U.S. Peace Corps / Ethiopia, 1962-1963
Deputy director, U.S. Peace Corps / Ethiopia, 1963-1964
Director, U.S. Peace Corps / Uganda, 1964-1966
Special assistant, U.S. Sen. Walter F. Mondale, Washington, DC, 1966
Special assistant, President Harris Wofford, State University of New York at Old Westbury, 1967
Professor of law, Arizona State University, 1967-1980
Director, Office of Indian Law, Arizona State University College of Law
Visiting Fulbright professor of law, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, 1970-1971
Race or Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
