Obituary
Patricia Wald, 90 and the first woman to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, died Saturday in Washington, D.C., of pancreatic cancer. Appointed to the D.C. Circuit in 1979 by President Jimmy Carter,…
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Wald became its chief judge in 1986, serving until 1991. She was among the slate of initial members of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. Survivors include five children, 10 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.