University of Southern California - El Rodeo Yearbook

JUSTICE THOMAS P. WHITE Selected as the recipient of the ASA V. Call Award for Alumnus of the Year in 1961, Judge White is on Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California. After obtaining his degree from the USC School of Law in 1911, he was appointed at the age of 25 to the position of police court judge, a rare honor for a man so young. Following his election to this office the following year, he established the first women ' s court in the nation and the first probation office for the city ' s lower courts. In 1931, he became a superior court judge in Los Angeles. He was appointed Associate Justice of the State Supreme Court in 1959 by Governor Brown, after serving ten years as presiding justice of Division One of the District Court of Appeals. In November, 1960 his appointment was confirmed at the polls. Judge White is active in the Boy Scouts, Community Chest, and is a former Ij, teacher at Loyola University.