WILLIAM H. WEBSTER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP89M00699R001801390010-7
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 15, 2011
• Sequence Number: 10
• Content Type: BIO

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William H. Webster was born March 6, 1924, in
St. Louis, Missouri, and received his early education in Webster
Groves near St. Louis. He was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree
from Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts, in 1947, where, in
1975, he received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree. Judge
Webster received his Juris Doctor degree from Washington
University Law School, St. Louis, Missouri, in 1949. He served
as a lieutenant in the United States Navy in World War II and
again in the Korean War.
A practicing attorney with a St. Louis law firm from
1949 to 1959, Judge Webster served as United States Attorney for
the Eastern District of Missouri from 1960 to 1961. He returned
to private practice in 1961. From 1964 to 1969, he was a member
of the Missouri Board of Law Examiners.
In 1970, Judge Webster was appointed a Judge of the
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
and in 1973 was elevated to the United States Court of Appeals
for the Eighth Circuit. He resigned on February 23, 1978, to
become Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. During
his service on the bench, Judge Webster was Chairman of the
Judiciary Conference Advisory Committee on the Criminal Rules and
was a member of the Ad Hoc Committee on Habeas Corpus and the
Committee of Court Administration.
A member of the American Bar Association, the Council
of The American Law Institute, the Order of the Coif, the
Missouri Bar Integrated, and the Metropolitan St. Louis Bar
Association, Judge Webster served as Chairman of the Corporation,
Banking and Business Law Section of the American Bar Association,
and is a fellow of the American Bar Foundation.
In 1972, Judge Webster received a Washington University
Alumni Citation for contributions to the field of law and, in
1977, received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from Washington
University Law School. A member of the Board of Trustees of
Washington University, the University of Colorado Law School
Board of Visitors and the National Advisory Board of the American
University, Judge Webster holds honorary degrees from DePauw
University, William Woods College, Drury College, Washington
University, Columbia College, University of Dayton School of Law,
University of Notre Dame, Centre College, Dickinson School of
Law, University of Miami, DePaul University, The American
University, and the John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
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Judge Webster was named Man of the Year, 1980, by the
St. Louis Globe-Democrat, and in May, 1981, received the William
Greenleaf Elliott Award from Washington University, and the Riot
Relief Fund Award in New York City. In October, 1982, he was
presented the Fordham Law School Louis Stein Award, and in
August, 1983, the International Platform Association Theodore
Roosevelt Award for excellence in public service. In June, 1984,
he received the Jefferson Award for the Greatest Public Service
by an Elected or Appointed Official. In May, 1985, he was
presented the Freedoms Foundation National Service Medal in
Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, and the First Annual Patrick V.
Murphy Award from the Police Foundation, Washington, D.C., for
distinguished service in law enforcement. He was named Father of
the Year for Public Service in May, 1986, by the National
Father's Day Committee, and received the 1986 Thomas Jefferson
Award in Law from the University of Virginia.
Judge Webster was elected to active membership in the
National Academy of Public Administration in October, 1981, and
in May, 1985, became President of the Institute of Judicial
Administration.
Judge Webster was married to the late Drusilla Lane
Webster and is the father of three children: Drusilla L. Busch,
William H., Jr., and Katherine H. Roessle.
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