Joseph R. Weisberger | |
Office: | 39th Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court |
Term Start: | March 1993 |
Term End: | February 2001 |
Predecessor: | Thomas Fay |
Successor: | Frank J. Williams |
Birth Date: | 3 August 1920 |
Birth Place: | Providence, Rhode Island |
Death Place: | Providence, Rhode Island |
Party: | Republican |
Spouse: | Sylvia Pigeon |
Alma Mater: | Brown University (BA) Harvard University (JD) |
Allegiance: | United States |
Branch: | United States Navy |
Serviceyears: | 1941–1946 |
Rank: | Lieutenant commander |
Battles: | World War II |
Joseph Robert Weisberger (August 3, 1920 - December 7, 2012) was an American politician and jurist.
Weisberger served in the Rhode Island State Senate as a Republican. He was named a Rhode Island state court judge and then named to the Rhode Island Supreme Court where he was the chief justice from 1993 until his retirement in 2000.[1]