Birth Date: | 23 February 1906 |
Birth Place: | Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania |
Death Place: | Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania |
Resting Place: | West Laurel Hill Cemetery |
Party: | Republican |
Parents: | Thomas Raeburn White |
Office: | United States Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division |
Appointer: | Dwight Eisenhower |
Predecessor: | Position established |
Successor: | Harold R. Tyler Jr. |
Term: | 1957–1960 |
Children: | 3 |
William Wilson White Sr. (February 23, 1906 – November 11, 1964) was a prominent attorney in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and served as the first United States Assistant Attorney General for the United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division from 1957 to 1960.[1] He was the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania from 1953 to 1957.[2] White was also a partner in the law firm White and Williams LLP which was founded by his father, Thomas Raeburn White.[3]
He graduated from Harvard College and University of Pennsylvania Law School.[4]