John Roberts

Personal life, education, and memberships

Roberts was born in Buffalo, New York, on January 27, 1955, son of John G. Roberts and Rosemary Podrasky. His father was an executive with Bethlehem Steel. When Roberts was in second grade, his family moved to the affluent beachside town of Long Beach, Indiana. He grew up in a devoutly Roman Catholic, upper middle-class home along with three sisters.

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Buffalo - New York - January 27 - 1955 - Bethlehem Steel - Long Beach, Indiana - Roman Catholic

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Roberts graduated first in his high school class of 1973 from La Lumiere School, a Catholic boarding school in LaPorte, Indiana. He studied six years of Latin and some French, and was known for his devotion to his studies. He was also captain of his football team, where he referred to himself as a "slow-footed linebacker." He also wrestled, participated in choir and drama, co-edited the school newspaper, and served on the athletic council and the Executive Committee of the Student Council.

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1973 - Catholic boarding school - LaPorte, Indiana - Latin - French - Football - Linebacker - Wrestled

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Following high school, Roberts was accepted into Harvard University, where he entered as a sophomore. Roberts spent his summers working in a steel mill to help pay for college. While a student at Harvard, he won the William Scott Ferguson award for his essay, Marxism and Bolshevism: Theory and Practice. He received his bachelor's degree summa cum laude in 1976. Roberts then attended Harvard Law School, where he served as managing editor of the Harvard Law Review. He graduated magna cum laude from the law school in 1979.

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Harvard University - Sophomore - William Scott Ferguson award - Summa cum laude - 1976 - Harvard Law School - Harvard Law Review - Magna cum laude - 1979

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Roberts is currently a member of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, the American Law Institute, the Edward Coke Appellate American Inn of Court and the National Legal Center for the Public Interest.{{ref|Federalist}} He serves on the Federal Appellate Rules Advisory Committee. Roberts's name is listed on the 1997-1998 "Leadership Directory" of the Federalist Society, though denied ever being a member.

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American Academy of Appellate Lawyers - American Law Institute - Edward Coke Appellate American Inn of Court - National Legal Center for the Public Interest - Federal Appellate Rules Advisory Committee - 1997 - 1998 - Federalist Society

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Roberts married Jane Marie Sullivan in 1996, and they live in the Washington, DC suburb of Bethesda, Maryland. Jane Roberts, a lawyer with the firm of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, was previously legal counsel for Feminists for Life, an organization that opposes violence, abortion, infanticide, child abuse, domestic violence, capital punishment, and euthanasia, as being inconsistent with the core feminist principles of justice, nonviolence, and nondiscrimination. She was educated at the College of the Holy Cross (A.B., magna cum laude, 1976), Melbourne University (Dip. Ed., 1977), Brown University (M.S., 1981) and Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., cum laude, 1984). http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/07/19/national/w193750D87.DTL http://www.pillsburylaw.com/Go/bios.nsf/professionals/Jane%20Sullivan%20Roberts. The Robertses adopted two infants in 2000 after being unable to conceive: Josephine ("Josie") and Jack Roberts. Jack's dancing during Bush's White House introduction of his father brought the four-year-old international media attention. They are Roman Catholics who attend The Church of the Little Flower in Bethesda, Maryland.

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Jane Marie Sullivan - 1996 - Bethesda - Maryland - Feminists for Life - College of the Holy Cross - 1976 - Melbourne University - 1977 - Brown University - 1981 - Georgetown University Law Center - 1984 - Adopted - 2000 - White House - Roman Catholic - The Church of the Little Flower

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