Homer Baird Kidwell | |
Office: | Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Hawaii |
Term Start: | 1975 |
Term End: | 1979 |
Successor: | Edward H. Nakamura |
Office2: | Deputy Attorney General of the Territory of Hawaii |
Nominator2: | J. Garner Anthony |
Birth Date: | 20 October 1911 |
Death Place: | Medford, Oregon |
Spouse: | Margaret Greenwell |
Children: | Alan Baird Kidwell Frances Findley |
Alma Mater: | Taft College Stanford University |
Homer Baird Kidwell (October 20, 1911 – December 27, 2000) was an American lawyer. He worked as a corporate attorney in Los Angeles and Honolulu. From July 1, 1975 to February 28, 1979 he served as a justice of the Supreme Court of Hawaii.[1] [2]
Kidwell graduated from Taft College in 1930 and Stanford University in 1935.[3] He worked in Los Angeles for a couple of years before moving to Hawaii in 1937. During the Second World War he served as deputy attorney general of the Territory of Hawaii. From 1975 to 1979 he was an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Hawaii. In 1979, he retired to teach law at the University of Hawaii.[3]
Kidwell married Margaret Greenwell on January 4, 1940. The couple had a son, Alan, and a daughter, Frances.