# Bruce Forrester

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For the speedway rider, see [Bruce Forrester (speedway rider)](/source/Bruce_Forrester_(speedway_rider)).

**Bruce Millar Forrester** (December 26, 1908 – January 30, 1995)[1] was a judge of the [United States Tax Court](/source/United_States_Tax_Court).

He was born in [Kansas City, Missouri](/source/Kansas_City,_Missouri), and graduated from [Pembroke Country-Day School](/source/The_Pembroke_Hill_School) in 1928. He earned his undergraduate degree from the [University of Missouri](/source/University_of_Missouri), and then a law degree from the [University of Missouri School of Law](/source/University_of_Missouri_School_of_Law). Thereafter, he went into private practice in Kansas City and eventually became a partner in a law firm.

On April 24, 1957, [President](/source/President_of_the_United_States) [Dwight D. Eisenhower](/source/Dwight_D._Eisenhower) appointed Forrester to a seat on the United States Tax Court. He was confirmed by the [United States Senate](/source/United_States_Senate), and served actively until assuming [senior status](/source/Senior_status) in 1978. He continued as a senior judge until his retirement in 1984. He had served on the bench for 27 years.

Forrester died in his home in [Chevy Chase, Maryland](/source/Chevy_Chase,_Maryland), from dysplastic [anemia](/source/Anemia), and was survived by his wife of 57 years, Anne Lee Broaddus Forrester, and three children.

## References

1. [Reports of the United States Tax Court, Volume 104](https://books.google.com/books?id=4GupTv75530C&pg=PP15)

## Sources

- "President Names 2 for Tax Court", *The New York Times*, April 24, 1957.
- "B.M. Forrester, U.S. Tax Judge, Dies At Age 86," *The Washington Post*, February 2, 1995.

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