Edna G. Parker (October 30, 1930 – November 12, 1996) was a judge of the

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from 1980 to 1995.

Early life and education

Born in

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, Parker came to

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as a child, and graduated from Eastern High School.''Official Congressional Directory'' (1989), p. 864. After attending the New Jersey College for Women (later Douglass Residential College), she received a B.A. with honors from the

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in 1953. She then attended the

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before receiving an LL.B. from the

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in 1957, where she was on the

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, and inducted into the

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. She then served as a

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to Judge

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and Chief Judge

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of the

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from 1957 to 1959.

Legal career

After serving as an attorney-adviser in the Office of General Counsel for the United States Department of the Navy from 1959 to 1960, Parker was a trial attorney in the Civil and Tax Divisions of the

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from 1960 to 1969. She became an Administrative Judge for the Contract Appeals Board in the

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, serving in that capacity from 1969 to 1977. On September 1, 1977, Parker was appointed a special trial judge of the United States Tax Court, holding that office until President

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appointed her as a regular judge of the Tax Court in 1980. She took her oath of office on May 30, 1980, and served until her death from

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, at Washington Hospital Center.

Personal life

Parker married Jack Goldberg, whom she later divorced, thereafter resuming her maiden name. They had one son, Douglas Benjamin Parker, who legally changed his last name to that of his mother.

References

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