Thomas Alonzo Clark

Thomas Alonzo Clark
Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
In office August 31, 1991 – September 4, 2005
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
In office October 1, 1981 – August 31, 1991
Appointed by	operation of law
Preceded by	Seat established
Succeeded by	Susan H. Black
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In office November 2, 1979 – October 1, 1981
Appointed by	Jimmy Carter
Preceded by	Seat established by 92 Stat. 1629
Succeeded by	Seat abolished
Personal details
Born	Thomas Alonzo Clark (1920-12-20)December 20, 1920 Atlanta, Georgia
Died	September 4, 2005(2005-09-04) (aged 84) Vero Beach, Florida
Education	Washington and Lee University (BS) University of Georgia School of Law (LLB)

Thomas Alonzo Clark (December 20, 1920 – September 4, 2005) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and later the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

Education and career

Born on December 20, 1920, in Atlanta, Georgia, Clark received a Bachelor of Science degree from Washington and Lee University in 1942 and was in the United States Naval Reserve during World War II, from 1942 to 1946. He received a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Georgia School of Law in 1949, and was in private practice in Bainbridge, Georgia from 1949 to 1955, in Americus, Georgia from 1955 to 1957, and in Tampa, Florida, from 1957 to 1979. He was also an instructor at Georgia Southwestern College from 1956 to 1957.

Federal judicial service

On August 28, 1979, Clark was nominated by President Jimmy Carter to a new seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit created by 92 Stat. 1629. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 31, 1979, and received his commission on November 2, 1979. On October 1, 1981, Clark was reassigned by operation of law to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. He assumed senior status on August 31, 1991, serving in that capacity until his death on September 4, 2005, in Vero Beach, Florida, from complications of Alzheimer's disease.

Sources

• Thomas Alonzo Clark at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.