John William Beard (March 15, 1920 – February 7, 2006) was a judge and served in the California legislature.

Personal

Beard was born in

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on March 15, 1920. His family moved to California about 1922. He attended

University of Redlands The University of Redlands is a private university headquartered in Redlands, California. The university's main, residential campus is situated on 160 acres (65 ha) near downtown Redlands. An additional eight regional locations throughout Califo ...

before enlisting in the army and went to law school at

Southwestern University School of Law Southwestern Law School is a private law school in Mid-Wilshire, Los Angeles. It is accredited by the American Bar Association and enrolls nearly 1,000 students. Its campus includes the Bullocks Wilshire building, an art deco National Register o ...

upon completion of his military service. He married Ann Dodgen in October 1945. He died February 7, 2006, in La Vida Real, a retirement community in

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.Williams, Jack
"Obituary: Judge J. William Beard, 85; helped alcoholic lawyers, doctors"
, ''SignOnSanDiego.com website'',

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, 10 February 2006. Retrieved 19 January 2019

Career

Beard was a pilot in the

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in the

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. After completing law school, he practiced law for two years at Lane and McGinnis in Los Angeles, California. He then served at the district attorney's office in

Imperial County, California Imperial County is a County (United States), county on the southeast border of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 179,702, making it the least populous county in Southern Californi ...

from 1952 to 1955. He served in the

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from 1957 to 1961. He was the chairman, California Industrial Accident Commission 1960–1965. He was a judge for the El Cajon Municipal Court 1980 until he retired about 1990.

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