2 Quotes & Sayings By Arthur Crandon
Arthur Crandon (born April 14, 1926) is an American author and lawyer who served as a judge of the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He was born in Washington, D.C., the son of Jesse Arthur Crandon, Sr., a circuit court judge for the District of Columbia, and Marie Louise ("Mollie") Fairey Crandon. He was raised in Washington, D.C., where he attended St. Albans School and Gonzaga College High School before attending Georgetown University and the University of Virginia. Crandon graduated from Georgetown University Law School in 1952 and began his career as a trial attorney at the United States Department of Justice's Antitrust Division
Crandon joined the law firm Baker & McKenzie where he remained until his appointment to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in 1971. He retired from active service on the court in 1996, but has continued to serve as an adjunct professor at Stanford Law School since 2000. Crandon received an honorary doctorate degree from Gonzaga College High School in 1970 and from St. Albans School in 1988.
He is a past president of Gonzaga Alumni Association and St. Albans Board of Visitors. Crandon has been married twice: first to actress Jayne Meadows (divorced); second to Mary Jo Anderson (divorced). He stepschildren are John Meadows (b.
1956), actor; Sharon Meadows (b. 1957), actor; Kate Meadows (b. 1961), actor; Rachel Meadows (b.
1963), actor; Amanda Meadows (b. 1965), actor; Julie Meadows (b. 1967), actor; Janice Meadows (b.
1969), actor, director, producer; Kimberly Meadows (b. 1975), actor; Amanda Meadows-Rivers (b. 1981), actor; Maddie Rivers (b.
1982), actor, singer; Ava Rivers (b., 1985); Emily Rivers (b., 1987); Maddy Rivers-Bennet (b., 1993); Faye Rivers-Bennet (b., 1997); Grace Bennet-Rivers (b., 1999).