Owen DeVol Cox

Personal

Birthday: 
3/20/1910
Birthplace: 
Joplin, MO
Date of Death: 
7/21/1990
Place of Death: 
Corpus Christi, TX
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

Private practice, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1934-1942, 1947-1970
Assistant city attorney, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942
Assistant attorney general, State of Texas, 1942
City attorney, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1943-1944, 1945-1946
U.S. Army, 1944-1945

Education

Name of School: 
University of Kansas
Degree: 
B.A.
Degree Year: 
1931
Name of School - Second: 

University of Kansas School of Law

KU Law is a public law school that proudly embraces its public mission to provide a high quality, affordable legal education. We offer six certificate programs, including elder law, environmental and natural resources law, international trade and finance, media law and policy, tax law, and tribal law and governance, and eight dual degrees, including business, economics, health administration, indigenous nations, journalism, philosophy, public administration, social welfare, or urban planning. Our clinical and externship programs enable you to begin your legal training by prosecuting criminals or by representing inmates, by serving in a judge's chambers, or by providing legal services to the poor. You can participate in legislation or law reform in the Legislative Clinic or the Public Policy Clinic. Yet, tuition and fees are one-third to one-half the cost of a comparable private school. You will receive an excellent, affordable legal education in a supportive learning community at KU.

Degree - Second: 
LL.B.
Degree Year - Second: 
1932

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. District Court, Southern District of Texas
Court Name: 

Texas Southern District Court

President Nominating: 
Richard M. Nixon
Party Affiliation of President: 
Republican
Commission Date: 
12/1/1970
Retirement from Active Service: 
3/20/1981
Termination Date: 
7/21/1990
Termination Reason: 
Death