Richard L. Disney
Richard Lester Disney (June 6, 1887 – February 17, 1976)[1] was a judge of the United States Tax Court from 1936 to 1951.
Early life, education, and career[edit]
Born in Richland, Kansas, he was the brother of future-Congressman Wesley E. Disney.[2] Disney was a Rhodes Scholar, and received a Bachelor of Arts in Jurisprudence from the University of Oxford in 1912.[1][3] Disney served two terms in the Kansas House of Representatives, from 1914 to 1917, later moving to Oklahoma, where he entered the practice of law.[4]
Judicial service and later life[edit]
In 1936, President Franklin D. Roosevelt nominated Disney to a seat on the United States Board of Tax Appeals. At the time, Disney was himself a candidate for a seat in the United States Congress, from which he indicated he would not withdraw until confirmed by the U.S. Senate for the Board of Tax Appeals appointment.[4] Disney was reappointed to President Harry S. Truman,[1] and retired from the United States Tax Court effective December 31, 1951.[5] He thereafter "headed the Rhodes Scholarship Committee in Oklahoma for a generation".[1]
Personal life and death[edit]
On September 6, 1914, Disney married Harriet Florence Mitchell in Neodesha, Kansas, with whom he had two sons and two daughters.[1] Harriet died in 1969, and Disney died in 1976, and the age of 88.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f "Richard Disney Rites Pending", The Daily Oklahoman (February 18, 1976), p. 22.
- ^ Harold Dubroff and Brant J. Hellwig, The United States Tax Court: An Historical Analysis (2014), p. 188.
- ^ Taxes: The Tax Magazine, Vol. 14 (1936), p. 510.
- ^ a b "City Lawyer Is Named For U.S. Tax Job", The Daily Oklahoman (June 20, 1936), p. 1.
- ^ Edward Roesken and J. H. Landman, eds., Taxes: The Tax Magazine (1952), p. 237.
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