Spencer L. Kimball was born 26 August 1918 in Thatcher, Graham County, Arizona to Spencer Woolley Kimball (1895-1985) and Camilla Eyring (1894-1987) and died 26 October 2003 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah of unspecified causes. He married Kathryn Ann Murphy (1917-1990) 12 June 1939 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah. He married Grace Virginia Barrus (1917-2003) 4 June 1994 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah.
Biography
Spencer LeVan Kimball (August 26, 1918 – October 26, 2003) was an American lawyer and professor at the University of Utah, the University of Michigan Law School and the University of Chicago.
Kimball was the oldest son of Spencer W. Kimball and his wife Camilla Eyring Kimball. He was born and raised in Thatcher, Arizona. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Arizona and then served in the United States navy during World War II.
He received his law degree from the University of Utah. He was later a Rhodes Scholar studying at Lincoln College, Oxford. He received his SJD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He later served on the law faculty there and was the youngest dean of law in the history of the University of Utah. He was also on the faculty of the University of Michigan Law School and the University of Chicago. At the University of Chicago he was the Seymour Logan Professor of Law.
Kimball helped to established an American Civil Liberties Union chapter in Utah.
Siblings
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Spencer Levan Kimball (1918-2004) | 26 August 1918 Thatcher, Graham County, Arizona | 26 October 2003 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah | Kathryn Ann Murphy (1917-1990) Grace Virginia Barrus (1917-2003) |
| Olive Beth Kimball | |||
| Andrew E Kimball | |||
| Edward Lawrence Kimball (1930-2016) | September 1930 Thatcher, Graham County, Arizona | 21 November 2016 Provo, Utah County, Utah | Evelyn Bee Madsen (1929-2012) |
References
- Biography - Wikipedia
- Obituary - Chicago Tribune
- George Romney List of Famous Descendants
- Romney Family Ancestry