Roger C. Cramton

Roger Conant Cramton (May 18, 1929 – February 3, 2017) was appointed by President Richard M. Nixon to be chairman of the Administrative Conference of the United States in 1970, and in 1972 became the assistant attorney general in charge of the Office of Legal Counsel in the Department of Justice. He was known for voicing opposition to Nixon during the Watergate scandal.^[1]

Roger C. Cramton
11th Dean of Cornell Law School
In office 1973–1980
Preceded by	William Ray Forrester
Succeeded by	Peter W. Martin
United States Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel
In office 1972–1973
President	Richard Nixon
Preceded by	Ralph E. Erickson
Succeeded by	Antonin Scalia
2nd Chair of the Administrative Conference of the United States
In office 1970–1972
President	Richard Nixon
Preceded by	Jerre S. Williams
Succeeded by	Antonin Scalia
Personal details
Born	Roger Conant Cramton (1929-05-18)May 18, 1929 Pittsfield, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	February 3, 2017(2017-02-03) (aged 87) Ithaca, New York, U.S.
Spouse	Harriet Hasselstine ​ (m. 1952)​
Education	Harvard University (AB) University of Chicago (LLB)

In 1973, Cramton became the Dean of Cornell Law School in 1973. He was also appointed by President Gerald Ford to be the first chairman of the Legal Services Corporation,^[2] a post that Hillary Clinton filled immediately after Cramton's tenure there.^[3]

Education and career

Cramton graduated from Harvard University with an A.B., magna cum laude, in 1950. He earned his J.D. degree from the University of Chicago Law School in 1955.^[1] He served a law clerk to associate justice Harold Hitz Burton of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1956 to 1957.^[4]

Personal life

He was married to Harriet until his death in 2017. He had four children, Ann Kopinski, Charles Cramton, Peter Cramton, and Cutter Cramton. He also had two sisters, 11 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren.^[5]

See also

• List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States (Seat 8)