{{Short description|American judge and attorney (1944–2019)}} {{About|an Oregon judge|the football analyst|David Schuman (football analyst)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Hon. David Schuman | image = | image_size = | caption = | office = Judge of the Oregon Court of Appeals | term_start = 2001 | term_end = 2014 | nominator = | appointer = | predecessor = Paul De Muniz | successor = Chris Garrett | office2 = | term_start2 = | term_end2 = | nominator2 = | appointer2 = | predecessor2 = | successor2 = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1944|05|08}} | birth_place = Glencoe, Illinois | death_date = {{Death date|2019|10|08}} | death_place = Eugene, Oregon | spouse = Sharon Schuman }}
'''David Schuman''' (May 8, 1944 – October 8, 2019) was an American attorney, who served as a judge of the Oregon Court of Appeals from 2001 to 2014.<ref name=official>{{cite web |url= http://courts.oregon.gov/COA/judgebios/schumanbio.page |title= The Honorable David Schuman|publisher= Court of Appeals – Oregon Judicial Department |url-status= dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20140320041047/http://courts.oregon.gov/COA/judgebios/schumanbio.page |archivedate= March 20, 2014}}</ref><ref name=multnomah>{{cite news |url= http://www.mbabar.org/judgeprofile-SchumanDavid.htm |title= Judge David Schuman |work= Multnomah Lawyer |publisher= Multnomah Bar Association |date= October 2005 |first= Jeff |last= Chicoine |url-status=dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20110725191830/http://www.mbabar.org/judgeprofile-SchumanDavid.htm |archivedate= July 25, 2011}}</ref><ref name=gaston/>
==Early life and education== Born in the Chicago suburb of Glencoe, Illinois,<ref name=official/> Schuman came in second in the North American speed skating finals in the 220 yard competition at the age of 17.<ref name=multnomah/> He graduated from New Trier High School in 1962, and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from Stanford University in 1966.<ref name=official/><ref name=multnomah/> He entered the University of California, Hastings College of the Law but dropped out after six weeks,<ref name=multnomah/> instead enrolling in San Francisco State University, where he received a Master of Arts degree in 1968.<ref name=official/>
==Academic and judicial career== After leaving San Francisco State, he taught English at Santa Clara University.<ref name=multnomah/> He left Santa Clara after two years to return to his native Illinois and earned a Ph.D. in English literature from the University of Chicago in 1974.<ref name=official/> He returned to California to teach literature at Deep Springs College but left teaching in 1981 to attend law school, receiving a J.D. from the University of Oregon School of Law in 1984.<ref name=official/><ref name=multnomah/>
After leaving the University of Oregon School of Law, Schuman clerked for Oregon Supreme Court Justice Hans A. Linde from 1984 to 1985.<ref name=official/><ref name=multnomah/> He then became an Assistant Attorney General in the Appellate Division of the Oregon Department of Justice from 1985 to 1987. He left the Justice Department in 1987 to teach law at the University of Oregon School of Law and was the school's Associate Dean for Academic Affairs from 1994 to 1996. He left the University of Oregon School of Law in 1997 when he was appointed as Oregon's Deputy Attorney General under Hardy Myers.<ref name=Obit>{{cite web |url= https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/registerguard/obituary.aspx?n=david-schuman&pid=194156080 |title= David Schuman 1944-2019 |work= The Register-Guard |publisher= Legacy.com}}</ref>
In 2001, he again left the Justice Department to return to teaching at the University of Oregon School of Law, where he was promoted to full professor.<ref name=LawSchool>{{cite web |url= https://law.uoregon.edu/explore/david-schuman |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171008204607/https://law.uoregon.edu/explore/david-schuman |title= David Schuman: Professor of Practice |publisher= University of Oregon School of Law |archivedate= October 8, 2017}}</ref> He left the school again later that year, after having been appointed to the Oregon Court of Appeals by governor John Kitzhaber.<ref name=official/><ref name=Obit/> Schuman was elected to a full six-year term in 2002 and again in 2008.<ref name=Obit/>
Schuman retired from the Court of Appeals in February 2014, and returned to teaching at the UO's School of Law in 2015.<ref name=gaston>{{cite news|url= http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2013/12/replacing_chris_garrett_headed.html |title= Oregon Rep. Chris Garrett Gets Judicial Nod, Triggering Another Appointment for the Oregon House |last= Gaston |first= Christian |newspaper= The Oregonian |date= December 24, 2013 |accessdate=December 26, 2013}}</ref><ref name=LawSchool/>
==Awards and honors== *David Frohnmayer Award for Public Service, 2014<ref>{{cite web |url= https://law.uoregon.edu/about/events/frohnmayer-award |publisher= University Oregon School of Law |title= Frohnmayer Award for Public Service |accessdate= May 15, 2021}}</ref>
==Death and legacy==
Schuman died on October 8, 2019, due to injuries sustained in an October 5 bicycle crash in Eugene, Oregon.<ref name=Obit/><ref name=RG>{{cite news |url= https://www.registerguard.com/news/20191010/uo-law-professor-former-oregon-appeals-justice-david-schuman-dies |title= UO Law Professor, Former Oregon Appeals Justice David Schuman Dies |newspaper= The Register-Guard |date= October 11, 2019 |last= Brown |first= Jordyn |access-date= May 15, 2021 |archive-date= May 15, 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210515194406/https://www.registerguard.com/news/20191010/uo-law-professor-former-oregon-appeals-justice-david-schuman-dies |url-status= dead }}</ref>
In 2021, a memorial bench for Schuman was installed at the Mohawk General Store in Mohawk, Oregon.<ref name=GEARS>{{cite web |url= https://mailchi.mp/6b92f294be7a/gears-may-2021-newsletter?e=[UNIQID |title= Honoring David Schuman |last= Hecker |first= Steve |date= May 2021 |publisher= Greater Eugene Area Riders (GEARS) |work= GEARS Newsletter}}</ref>
Schuman's wife of 51 years, Sharon, compiled his writings in ''A Voice for Justice: Writings of David Schuman''.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://osupress.oregonstate.edu/book/voice-for-justice |title= A Voice for Justice |date= January 2008 |publisher= Oregon State University Press |accessdate= May 15, 2021}}</ref>
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==External links== *[https://www.deepsprings.edu/in-memoriam/david-schuman-1944-2019/ Obituary from Deep Springs College] *[https://around.uoregon.edu/content/uo-remembers-attorney-jurist-and-professor-david-schuman Remembrance from the University of Oregon] *[https://scholarsbank.uoregon.edu/xmlui/bitstream/handle/1794/25967/5-Rocklin_FNL.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y "Riding with the Judge" by Robert G. Rocklin]
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