Gerry L. Alexander | |
Office: | Chief Justice of the Washington Supreme Court |
Term Start: | 2005 |
Term End: | 2010 |
Office2: | Justice of the Washington Supreme Court |
Term Start2: | 1995 |
Term End2: | December 2011 |
Birth Date: | 28 April 1936 |
Birth Place: | Aberdeen, Washington, U.S. |
Education: | Olympia High School University of Washington (BA) University of Washington School of Law (JD) |
Gerry L. Alexander (born April 28, 1936)[1] is the former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the U.S. state of Washington. He was elected to the court in 1994 and re-elected in 2000. Following this election, his colleagues elected him to a four-year term as chief justice. He was re-elected as chief justice in 2004 and re-elected to the court in 2006. Due to the court's age limit of 75, Alexander was unable to complete his final six-year term. He stepped down as Chief Justice at the beginning of 2010[2] and retired from the Court in December 2011.[3]
Alexander was born in 1936 in Aberdeen, Washington. He attended Olympia High School in Olympia, Washington, and graduated from the University of Washington with a BA in History in 1958. While a student at UW, he was a member of the Gamma Chi Chapter of the Sigma Nu fraternity.[4] In 1964, Alexander received his JD from the University of Washington Law School.