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Birth
Born in Trenton, N.J. -
College Graduation
Graduates from Georgetown College with a bachelor of arts degree in history and was nominated valedictorian. -
Graduates a Second Time
Graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School. -
Marriage
Becomes married to Maureen McCarthy. -
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Began Legal Career
Scalia started off his legal career at the international law firm of Jones, Day, Cockley and Reavis in Cleveland, Ohio. -
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Serving as General Counsel
President Richard Nixon appointed him with this job and one of his principal assignments was to formulate federal policy for the growth of cable television. -
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Chairman of the Administrative Conference of the United States
The main goal of this agency was to improve the functioning of the federal bureaucracy. -
Confirmed by Senate
Carried out by President Gerald Ford, Scalia was confirmed by the Senate on August 22, 1984. -
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Assistant Attorney General
Scalia was appainted by Richard Nixon to the position of: Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel. -
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Returns to Education
Scalia returned to teaching at the University of Chicago Law school and also became a visiting professor at the law schools of Georgetown and Stanford universities from 1980-1981. -
U.S. Court of Appeals
Scalia declined a seat on the Chicago-based United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in early 1982. Later that year, Reagan offered Scalia a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, which Scalia accepted. He was confirmed by the US Senate on August 5, 1982, and was sworn in on August 17, 1982 -
Confirmed to Supreme Court
Nominated by Reagan to the Supreme Court. He was then confirmed 98–0 on September 17, 1986, creating the first Italian-American Justice. -
Death
Scalia died in his sleep the morning of February 13, 2016 in Shafter, TX.