George M. Cochran
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George Moffett Cochran was born in Staunton, Virginia on April 20, 1912. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1934 from the University of Virginia, and his LL. B. degree in 1936 from the University of Virginia Law School. He was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1948 to 1965, and was in the Senate of Virginia in 1966—67. He was president of the Virginia State Bar Association and a member of the Constitutional Revision Commission of Virginia in 1968-69. In August 1969, he was elected to the Supreme Court of Appeals. He retired from active service on the Court in 1987. Justice Cochran is a member of Phi Delta Phi.