The HistoryMakers video oral history with The Honorable DeLawrence Beard.

Format Video (Streaming)
PublicationChicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Description1 online resource (5 video files (2 hr., 20 min., 43 sec.)) : sound, color
Supplemental Contenthttps://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2003.092
Subjects

Other author/creatorBeard, DeLawrence, 1937- interviewee.
Other author/creatorCrowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Other author/creatorStearns, Scott, director of photography.
Other author/creatorHistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
Variant title History Makers video oral history with The Honorable DeLawrence Beard
Portion of title Honorable DeLawrence Beard
Abstract Circuit court judge the Honorable DeLawrence Beard was born on December 26, 1937 in Okolona, Arkansas. After serving in the U.S. Navy from 1957 to 1959, he went to the University of Missouri, where he earned a B.A. degree in 1964. Beard graduated from the University of Baltimore School of Law in 1970, and earned an LL. M. degree from Georgetown University in 1977. Although he did not begin practicing law until 1974, Beard rose quickly. He began as a juvenile court prosecutor and moved to felony cases in 1975. He became a judge in 1982, and in 1996, he was named chief judge for the Sixth Judicial Circuit Court, Maryland. Beard was also appointed adjunct professor of law at the University of Maryland and American University, and guest lectured to incarcerated individuals. He received numerous awards, including honors from the governor of Maryland for his meritorious service to the state.
CreditsVideographer, Scott Stearns.
Performer Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded Rockville, Maryland 2003 April 26.
Source of descriptionVendor-supplied metadata.
Genre/formInternet videos.
Genre/formInterviews.
Genre/formNonfiction films.
Genre/formOral histories.
Genre/formOral histories.
Genre/formInternet videos.
Genre/formNonfiction films.
Stock numberA2003.092 HistoryMakers

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