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Accomplishments

• 1960 Appointed Municipal Court Judge, Redondo Beach
• 1963 Elevated to Superior Court Judge
• Took special interest in juvenile offenders
• Supervised the implementation of a US Supreme Court ruling broading the legal rights of juvenile defendants
• Judge John Shidler (also a RUHS Distinguished Graduate) said, "Wherever good citizens will gather to solve community problems, someone will say, 'Well, Bill would have done it this way.'"

Memories

Bill MacFaden loved to play football and did it well. He even envisioned a career as a pro football player until a sports injury led to a very serious bone infection (osteomylitis). Bill knew he had to buckle down and prepare to do something else. So he went to college, then law school, and had a law practice in Redondo. Subsequently he was appointed to the bench as a municipal, then superior court judge.
(Editors note: William passed away suddenly before this honor could bestowed on him. Memories supplied by his daughter, Linda Erickson.)