Michigan Fans in High Places

Submitted by Blazefire on

The things you learn sometimes, I tell ya... I always knew my dad's cousin, Tom Howard, was something of a name in the Navy. I never see the man, but I know of him. I probably saw him and last talked to him 10 years ago, when I was in my young teens. I know he's a big Michigan fan like the rest of the family, but not much else.

However, there recently was an article on him in the Toledo Blade, as he has been promoted once more before retirement. Promoted to what, you say? Master Chief of the Atlantic Navy. Second higest non-com in the U.S. Navy. That, my friends, is some Maize and Blue power.

What other Michigan fans in powerful places are you aware of?

Louie C

May 13th, 2010 at 11:03 PM ^

He has earned the saying that anybody in my family earns when they earn a post graduate degree or significant rank in the military; "Can't Nobody Tell You Shit!!!"

jtmc33

May 13th, 2010 at 11:49 PM ^

Even though none of you have ever heard of us... I would say that me, Cheese Boy, Big Bird, Allison, Pirate, and Ratzo ended up "in powerful places".  

Seth

May 14th, 2010 at 8:23 AM ^

Michigan's 71 clerks for Supreme Court Justices is seventh among schools, behind Virginia (82), Stanford (101), Colubia (108) Chicago (131), Yale (293) and Harvard (456).

After us is Cal with 45 so our spot is pretty secured. Assoc. Justice Frank Murphy (a Michigan man, and a champion of individual rights long before it was cool) had a Harvard guy when he started, then all Michigan men for the rest of his tenure.

Other Michigan men who served on the Supreme Court: George Sutherland, and William Rufus Day.

Clerk Under Justice Started Finished Class of
John J. Adams Frank Murphy 1940 1941 1940
John H. Pickering Frank Murphy 1941 1943 1940
Eugene Gressman Frank Murphy 1943 1948 1940
John R. Dykema Frank Murphy 1948 1949 1947
Thomas L. Tolan Frank Murphy 1948 1949 1948
Jerome B. Libin Charles Evans Whittaker 1959 1960 1959
Thomas E. Kauper Potter Stewart 1960 1962 1960
Francis X. Beytagh Earl Warren 1963 1964 1963
David M. Ebel Byron White 1965 1966 1965
Michael E. Smith Earl Warren 1965 1966 1964
C. Douglas Kranwinkle Earl Warren 1966 1967 1965
Leon E. Irish Byron White 1967 1968 1964
J. Larry Nichols Earl Warren 1967 1968 1967
Robert M. Weinberg William Brennan 1968 1969 1968
Richard H. Sayler Byron White 1969 1970 1969
Robert E. Gooding Jr. Harry Blackmun 1970 1971 1969
James R. Bieke John Marshall Harlan II 1971 1971 1970
Frederick W. Lambert William Rehnquist 1972 1972 1969
James R. Bieke Potter Stewart 1972 1973 1970
Joseph C. Zengerle Warren E. Burger 1973 1974 1971
Ronald M. Gould Potter Stewart 1974 1975 1973
John M. Nannes William Rehnquist 1974 1975 1973
Christina B. Whitman Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr. 1975 1976 1974
William J. Davey Potter Stewart 1975 1976 1974
Mark F. Pomerantz Potter Stewart 1976 1977 1975
Susan Low Bloch Thurgood Marshall 1976 1977 1975
Ellen Borgersen Potter Stewart 1977 1978 1976
David L. Westin Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr. 1978 1979 1977
Philip P. Frickey Thurgood Marshall 1979 1980 1978
Robert B. Knauss William Rehnquist 1980 1981 1979
David W. DeBruin John Paul Stevens 1981 1982 1980
Kenneth W. Simons Thurgood Marshall 1981 1982 1978
James D. Holzhauer Warren E. Burger 1981 1982 1980
Jeffrey S. Lehman John Paul Stevens 1982 1983 1981
Stewart J. Schwab Sandra Day O'Connor 1982 1983 1980
Richard Werder Byron White 1983 1984 1982
Peter M. Lieb Warren E. Burger 1983 1984 1982
Kent D. Syverud Sandra Day O'Connor 1984 1985 1981
Marie R. Deveney William Brennan 1985 1986 1984
Ellen E. Deason Harry Blackmun 1986 1987 1985
Leslie Gielow Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr. 1986 1987 1985
Abner S. Greene John Paul Stevens 1987 1988 1986
Sharon L. Beckman Sandra Day O'Connor 1987 1988 1986
Abner S. Greene John Paul Stevens 1988 1989 1986
John M. West William Brennan 1988 1989 1987
Audrey J. Anderson William Rehnquist 1991 1992 1990
David D. Meyer Byron White 1992 1993 1990
Steven G. Bradbury Clarence Thomas 1992 1993 1988
Corinne Beckwith Yates John Paul Stevens 1993 1994 1992
Gregory P. Magarian John Paul Stevens 1994 1995 1993
David C. Kravitz Sandra Day O'Connor 1994 1995 1993
Heather K. Gerken David Souter 1995 1996 1994
Sean W. Gallagher Sandra Day O'Connor 1995 1996 1994
Gerald F. Leonard David Souter 1996 1997 1995
Raymond M. Kethledge Anthony Kennedy 1997 1998 1993
Deborah L. Hamilton David Souter 1997 1998 1996
Jeffrey L. Fisher John Paul Stevens 1998 1999 1997
Linda T. Coberly Stephen Breyer 1998 1999 1995
Jordan B. Hansell Antonin Scalia 1999 2000 1998
Richard A. Bierschbach Sandra Day O'Connor 2000 2001 1997
Carolyn Frantz Sandra Day O'Connor 2001 2002 2000
Eric R. Olson John Paul Stevens 2002 2003 2000
Benjamin C. Mizer John Paul Stevens 2003 2004 2002
Sean C. Grimsley Sandra Day O'Connor 2003 2004 2000
Catherine M.A. Carroll David Souter 2004 2005 2002
Anna-Rose Mathieson Ruth Bader Ginsburg 2005 2006 2003
Daniel B. Tenny David Souter 2006 2007 2005
Heidi Bond (shared with O'Connor) Anthony Kennedy 2007 2008 2006
Heidi Bond Sandra Day O'Connor 2007 2008 2006
Hyland Hunt John Paul Stevens 2009 - 2008
Joshua Deahl Sandra Day O'Connor 2009 - 2006