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[[Image:image001.jpg|left|thumb|150px|]]BECKER, Francis H. (Dubuque, IA, Oct. 15, 1915- ). Justice, Iowa Supreme Court. Becker graduated from the Washington University Law School at St. Louis, Missouri, in 1939. During | [[Image:image001.jpg|left|thumb|150px|]]BECKER, Francis H. (Dubuque, IA, Oct. 15, 1915- ). Justice, Iowa Supreme Court. Becker graduated from the Washington University Law School at St. Louis, Missouri, in 1939. During [[WORLD WAR II]], he served with the Army Air Corps in the China-Burma-India Theatre. A senior member of the Dubuque law firm of Becker and Hughes for five years, Becker served as Assistant Dubuque County attorney from 1941 to 1942 and 1945 to 1946. He was the county attorney from 1947 until 1951. | ||
Becker was appointed to the Iowa Supreme Court on September 20, 1965, by Governor Harold Hughes. He resigned on March 31, 1972. | Becker was appointed to the Iowa Supreme Court on September 20, 1965, by Governor Harold Hughes. He resigned on March 31, 1972. | ||
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BECKER, Francis H. (Dubuque, IA, Oct. 15, 1915- ). Justice, Iowa Supreme Court. Becker graduated from the Washington University Law School at St. Louis, Missouri, in 1939. During WORLD WAR II, he served with the Army Air Corps in the China-Burma-India Theatre. A senior member of the Dubuque law firm of Becker and Hughes for five years, Becker served as Assistant Dubuque County attorney from 1941 to 1942 and 1945 to 1946. He was the county attorney from 1947 until 1951.
Becker was appointed to the Iowa Supreme Court on September 20, 1965, by Governor Harold Hughes. He resigned on March 31, 1972.
After his retirement from the court, Justice Becker entered private practice in Des Moines and taught a course in appellate advocacy at the Drake University Law School.