New Jersey's new Supreme Court judge

Jet, June 23, 2003

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Caption: NEW JERSEY'S NEW SUPREME COURT JUDGE: The honorable John E. Wallace, Jr., takes his oath of office as an associate justice of the state Supreme Court from Chief Justice Deborah T. Poritz as his wife, Barbara, holds the Bible. The swearing-in was held at Rowan University in Glassboro, NJ. Wallace, who formerly sat as a judge in the Appellate Division of Superior Court since 1992, was nominated for his new post by Gov. James E. McGreevey (JET, April 28). A Harvard Law School graduate and Army veteran, Wallace, 61, replaces retired Justice James H. Coleman, Jr., the first Black man to serve on the court.