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Judge Eugene Hamilton was appointed to the Superior Court of the District of Columbia in 1970. He became Chief Judge of the D.C. Superior Court in 1993, the second African American to hold that office, and continues to serve as a senior judge. During his tenure as Chief Judge, he established an open community court, to which all persons were offered easy access as victims, litigants, witnesses, lawyers, staff and jurors. This tradition, started by Judge Hamilton, continues today. Judge Hamilton received his bachelor's and law degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In his early career, he served as a Judge Advocate General Officer in the U.S. Army, where he acted both as trial and defense counsel in many general courts-martial. After completing military service, Judge Hamilton joined the Civil Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, where he was a trial attorney. Judge Hamilton is an Adjunct Professor at the American University Washington College of Law and a Lecturer on Law at the Harvard Law School. Judge Hamilton is Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Luke C. Moore Academy and Senior High School, which is the District of Columbia Public Schools' only nationally accredited alternative high school. He is a member of the Boards of Directors of the University of Illinois, LAS Alumni Association, the Youth Leadership Foundation and the Capital Area Food Bank. Judge Hamilton's commitment carries over into his personal life. Parents of nine children, Judge Hamilton and his wife, Virginia, have been foster parents to more than 40 children in the child welfare systems of the District of Columbia, the State of Maryland and the Commonwealth of Virginia.