Alan Cooke Kay is an American lawyer

Law of the United States

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 and judge

Judge

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. He serves as judge on the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii

United States District Court for the District of Hawaii

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Life

Kay was born in 1932 in Honolulu, Hawaii

Honolulu, Hawaii

Honolulu is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Hawaii. Honolulu is the southernmost major U.S. city. Although the name "Honolulu" refers to the urban area on the southeastern shore of the island of Oahu, the city and county government are consolidated as the City and...

. His father was Harold Thomas Kay (1896–1976) and mother was Anna Frances Cooke (1903–1956). His maternal grandfather was Clarence Hyde Cooke

Clarence Hyde Cooke

-Life:Clarence Cooke was born April 17, 1876 in Honolulu, Hawaii. He was the second son of Charles Montague Cooke and Anna Rice Cooke, and grandson of New England Congregational missionaries to Hawaii Amos Starr Cooke and William Harrison Rice, and thus partial heir to the fortune of Castle &...

 (1876–1944), great grandparents Anna Rice Cooke

Anna Rice Cooke

Anna Rice Cooke was a patron of the arts and the founder of the Honolulu Academy of Arts.-Biography:Anna Charlotte Rice was born on September 5, 1853 into a prominent missionary family on Oahu, Hawaii. Her father was teacher William Harrison Rice , and her mother was Mary Sophia Hyde. Anna grew...

 (1853–1934) and Charles Montague Cooke

Charles Montague Cooke

Charles Montague Cooke was a businessman during the Kingdom of Hawaii, Republic of Hawaii and Territory of Hawaii.-Life:Charles Montague Cooke was born May 6, 1849 in Honolulu, Hawaii. His father was Amos Starr Cooke co-founder of Castle & Cooke...

 (1849–1909), and great-great grandfathers include William Harrison Rice

William Harrison Rice

William Harrison Rice was a missionary teacher from the United States who traveled to the Hawaiian Islands and managed an early sugar plantation.-Life:...

  (1813–1863) and Amos Starr Cooke

Amos Starr Cooke

Amos Starr Cooke was an educator and businessman in the Kingdom of Hawaii. He was patriarch of a family that influenced Hawaii during the 20th century.-Life:Amos Starr Cooke was born in Danbury, Connecticut, December 1, 1810....

 (1810–1871). He had two children from his first wife Noel Emily Murchie, and one from his second wife Patricia Eileen Patmont.

He attended Princeton University

Princeton University

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 where he got an A.B. in 1957 and the University of California, Berkeley

University of California, Berkeley

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, Boalt Hall School of Law where he received a LL.B., 1960.

He served as a U.S. Marine Corps Corporal, 1953-1955, was in private practice in Honolulu 1960-1986, and was director of the Legal Aid Society

Legal Aid Society

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 in Honolulu 1968-1971.

Kay was nominated by Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan

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 on July 3, 1986, to a new seat created by 98 Stat. 333 on the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii. He was confirmed by the United States Senate

United States Senate

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on September 12, 1986, and received his commission on September 15, 1986. Served as chief judge, 1991-1999 and assumed senior status on January 2, 2000.