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Robert N. C. Nix, Jr.
Robert Nelson Cornelius Nix, Jr. (July 13, 1928 – August 23, 2003) served as the Chief Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court from 1984 to 1996.〔R. N. C. Nix Jr., 75, Groundbreaking Judge, ''New York Times'', August 26, 2003, available at 2003 WLNR 5648617〕 Nix was the first African-American Chief Justice of any state’s highest court, and the first African American to be elected to statewide office in Pennsylvania.〔 He served as a justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania for 24 years, 12 of which were as chief justice, and was a prominent figure in Pennsylvania law and public service for more than three decades.
==Personal life==
Nix was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 13, 1928.〔 He was the son of Robert N. C. Nix, Sr., the first of Pennsylvania's African American Representative in the United States Congress and a powerhouse among city Democrats.〔(In Memoriam - Robert N. C. Nix Jr. )〕 Nix’s grandfather was Nelson Cornelius Nix, who was born into slavery but eventually became a minister and an academic dean of South Carolina State College at Orangeburg.〔
Nix was a 1946 graduate of Central High School,〔"Ex-Justice Robert Nix dead at 75", ''Philadelphia Inquirer'', August 24, 2003.〕 a 1950 graduate and valedictorian of Villanova University,〔 and a second-generation graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Law School.〔
He was also a postgraduate of Temple University for Business Administration and Economics.〔(Robert N. C. Nix Jr.: Biography and Much More from Answers.com )〕
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