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David McCarthy2022-09-20T11:26:25-04:00
Patricia M Wald

Born: September 16, 1928
Torrington, Connecticut

Died: January 12, 2019
Washington, D.C.

Interviews conducted by
Stephen J. Pollak, Esq.

Honorable Patricia M. Wald

Oral History Text & Documentation

Important Notice: Please consult the agreements below for any restrictions on the use of these materials.

  • Complete Oral History Package
  • Table of Contents
  • Agreement: Honorable Patricia M. Wald
  • Wald Family Authorization to Publish
  • Agreement: Stephen J. Pollak, Esq.
  • Text of First Interview: March 24, 1992 
  • Text of Second Interview: July 28, 1992
  • Text of Third Interview: March 8, 1993
  • Text of Fourth Interview: April 6, 1993
  • Text of Fifth Interview: October 17, 1994
  • Text of Sixth Interview: December 7, 1998
  • Text of Seventh Interview: May 6, 2003
  • Index
  • Table of Cases and Statutes
  • The William B. Lockhart Lecture at the University of Minnesota Law School
  • Remembrance of Judge Patricia M. Wald, collecting remarks at Memorial Service, February 2, 2019, at the Cosmos Club, Washington, D.C.
  • Tribute to the Honorable Patricia McGowan Wald, District of Columbia Circuit Judicial Conference, June 25-28, 2019, facilitated by the Circuit Executive’s Office
  • Biographical Sketch: Honorable Patricia M. Wald
  • Biographical Sketch: Stephen J. Pollak, Esq.
View the Biography & Portrait Details of Judge Wald

Photographs

Age 12, Torrington, CT
About 1965
From the Yale Law School Yearbook, Class of 1951

Being awarded a pen by President Lyndon Johnson for her work on the behalf of the Bail Reform Act of 1966
Ford Foundation Meeting with Bill Donaldson, chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (1973)
Joining the U.S. Court of Appeals (1979)

Three pioneers: Judge Wald with Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor (center) and Judge June Lazenby Green
With husband Bob dancing at daughter Freddi’s wedding: September 1993, Washington, DC
With the International Criminal Tribunal in the Hague (1999-2002)

At granddaughter Rebecca Wald’s wedding: July 2012, Washington, DC
President Obama awarding the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Judge Wald on November 20, 2013
Wald Family: (from left to right): Freddi, Sarah, Johanna, Bob, Pat (kneeling) Tom, Doug

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