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Bert Dexter Ryland (October 10, 1941 – June 28, 2005) was a state Ninth Judicial District Court judge in Alexandria, Louisiana, having served from 1990 until his death in office. In September 1996, Ryland was nominated for outstanding jurist by the Alexandria Bar Association. He died a few weeks after being hospitalized in the Rapides Medical Center with pneumonia. Earlier in the year, Ryland issued a controversial ruling regarding the selection by the board of trustees of the new president of Louisiana College, a Baptist-affiliated institution in Pineville. A Democrat, Ryland won the "Division E" judgeship in his state's jungle primary held on November 6, 1990, by defeating Bernard Kramer, a personal injury lawyer in Alexandria and also a Democrat. Ryland received 18,602 votes (63 percent) from 108 precincts in Rapides Parish to Kramer's 10,799 (37 percent). Ryland faced minimal or no opposition for his judgeship thereafter. All of the state judgeships in Rapides Parish are held by Democrats. ==Early years and education== Ryland was born to C. Bert Ryland and the former Velma Burns (1918–1999) in La Porte in northwestern Indiana. The Rylands afterwards returned to their home in Alexandria, and he graduated from Bolton High School in the city's Garden District in 1959. Afterwards, Ryland, who went by his middle name "Dexter", attended Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. He received his Juris Doctor from the Louisiana State University Law Center in 1965, when he was the winner of the LSU Moot Court competition. In 1968, Ryland became president of the Young Lawyers Association. He was treasurer of the Alexandria Bar Association from 1974 to 1975 and a charter member of the Alexandria Young Lawyers Association.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=In Memoriam: 9th JDC Judge B. Dexter Ryland )〕 In 1987, he was inducted into the LSU "Law School Hall of Fame". Prior to his judicial election, Ryland was the first assistant district attorney for Rapides Parish from 1985 to 1990.〔 He had served earlier as assistant city attorney for Pineville during the administration of then Mayor Floyd W. Smith, Jr. Afterwards, Ryland was assistant city attorney and then city attorney for Alexandria. Ryland was a member of the Exchange Club, Masonic Lodge, and Shriners and was an avid hunter and outdoorsman. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「B. Dexter Ryland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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