Judge O'Connor has Peninsula background

July 7, 1981

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Type: Newspaper article
Author: Mary Madison
Source: The Peninsula Times Tribune
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Praise for Judge Sandra Day O'Connor's keen analytical mind and legal ability came today from her friends at Stanford University, where she received her L.L.B. in 1952, and from Keith Sorenson, San Mateo County district attorney, who was her first boss. "She's got a steel-trap mind, she's 'cool hand Luke' and never gets rattled," said Dean Charles Meyers of the Stanford Law School. "Whenever she spoke, we all listened," said William Kimball, chairman of the Stanford Board of Trustees . "She is a super person. O'Connor. 51, nominated today to become the first woman justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, was a Stanford trustee from 1976 to 1980. She graduated number three in the Stanford law class that was headed academically by current Supreme Court Justice William Rehnquist. O'Connor was among the friends invited by Rehnquist to his swearing in ceremony after he was named to the Supreme Court. O'Connor worked during 1953 and 1954 for Sorenson while her husband, John, now a Phoenix lawyer, was completing his law degree at Stanford. Her duties consisted mainly of researching legal issues. Sorenson said today, "She was exceptionally bright, very quick at catching on to questions to be researched, and she analyzed the law very carefully. "I was very sorry to see her leave the office when she and her husband moved out of the state. I've kept track of her over the years through mutual friends, an Dean Meyers predicted less than three weeks ago that O'Connor would be seriously considered

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