William Harrison Quealy (March 11, 1913 – September 29, 1993)U.S. Judge William Quealy Dies At 80
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'' (October 1, 1993). was a judge of the

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from 1969 to 1980.

Early life and education

Born in

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to William I. and Elizabeth H. Quealy of that city,''Official Congressional Directory'' (1979), p. 747. Quealy's father was a banker whose business brought the family to

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, where Quealy attended the

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. Quealy also attended Springhill High School in

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, and Georgetown Preparatory School in

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. He received an

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from the

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, ''cum laude'', in 1933 and an LL.B. from the Georgetown University Law Center in 1937.

Legal career and military service

Quealy gained

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in 1936. From 1942 to 1945, he served in the United States military, first as company officer with the

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57th Infantry Regiment in the Asiatic-Pacific theater of

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, Towards the end of the war, he served as a negotiator on the Detroit Renegotiation Board for United States Air Force Material Command. He left the service with the rank of captain. Outside of this service, he was a practicing tax attorney in

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, and

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, from 1936 to 1962. He then served as minority counsel for the

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from 1962 to 1969. Quealy was appointed to the United States Tax Court by President

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in 1969, taking his oath of office as judge on that court on October 1, 1969, for a term expiring June 1, 1987. He served until 1980, when he retired, thereafter moving to Florida.

Personal life and death

In 1940, Quealy married Betty Alice Shallberg of

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, with whom he had three daughters and one son. Quealy died of

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at his home in Amelia Island,

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, at the age of 80.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Quealy, William H. 1913 births 1993 deaths Lawyers from New Orleans Judges of the United States Tax Court United States Article I federal judges appointed by Richard Nixon Georgetown University alumni Georgetown University Law Center alumni United States Army personnel of World War II