Wambaugh
Wambaugh is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Eugene Wambaugh (1856–1940), American legal scholar *Joseph Wambaugh (born 1937), American writer *Sarah Wambaugh Sarah Wambaugh (March 6, 1882 – November 12, 1955) was an American political scientist. Biography She was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, the daughter of legal scholar Eugene Wambaugh. She earned an A.B. in 1902 and an A.M. in 1917 from Radcliff ...

Joseph Wambaugh
Joseph Aloysius Wambaugh, Jr. (born January 22, 1937), is a best-selling American writer known for his fictional and nonfictional accounts of police work in the United States. Several of his early novels were set in Los Angeles and its surroundings and featured Los Angeles police officers as protagonists. He has been nominated for four Edgar Awards (winning three), and was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America. Early life The son of a police officer, Wambaugh was born in East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He joined the U.S. Marine Corps at age 17 and married at 18. Wambaugh is of Irish and German descent. Police career Wambaugh received an associate of arts degree from Chaffey College and joined the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) in 1960. He served for 14 years, rising from patrolman to detective sergeant. He also attended Cal State Los Angeles, where he earned BA and MA degrees. Writing career Themes Wambaugh's perspective on police work led to his fi ...
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Eugene Wambaugh
Eugene Wambaugh (February 29, 1856 – August 6, 1940) was an American legal scholar. He was born on a farm near Brookville, Ohio to Rev. A. B. Wambaugh and Sarah Wells Wambaugh. He was educated at Harvard University, Harvard (A.B., 1876; LL.B., 1880). Admitted to the Ohio Bar association, bar in 1880, he practiced law in Cincinnati, Ohio, Cincinnati until 1889. He was professor of law at the University of Iowa College of Law, State University of Iowa College of Law from 1889 to 92 and thenceforth at Harvard. From 1906 to 1913, he was a member of the ''American Political Science Review'', and from 1908 to 1912 served as special attorney of the United States Bureau of Corporations. Several universities gave him the honorary degree of LL.D. His publications include: * ''The Study of Cases'' (1892; second edition, 1894) * ''Cases for Analysis'' (1894) * ''A Selection of Cases on Agency'' (1896) * ''Thomas Littleton (judge), Littleton's Tenures'' (1903) * ''A Selecti ...
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