Andrew jackson higgins biography
•
Text
Andrew Jackson Higgins, designer and manufacturer of World War 11 landing craft known as "Higgins boats," was born August 28, 1886, at Columbus, Nebraska. His parents were John Gonegle Higgins, a prominent lawyer and judge, and Annie Long O'Connor Higgins. Both parents are buried in Columbus. Higgins attended schools in Omaha and served in the Nebraska National Guard. In 1906 he moved to the South, entering the lumber and shipping business.
Higgins's expertise would win him fame in World War II, when Higgins Industries of New Orleans produced more than 20,000 boats. Many were LCVPs (Landing Craft Vehicle, Personnel), a key to the success of Allied amphibious invasions, including D-Day on June 6, 1944. Higgins boats were also used in the Korean and Vietnam conflicts.
Higgins died on August 1, 1952, and is buried at Metairie Cemetery in New Orleans. In 1964 Dwight D. Eisenhower said Higgins was "the man who won the war for us." In 2000 the Nati
•
By age nine Andrew, out of nödvändighet, had become an entrepreneur. He started a lawn cutting service and operated several newspaper delivery routes. Andrew managed the businesses and hired older boys to do the physical work. At age twelve Higgins designed and built his first boat in the basement of his family’s Omaha home.
In 1900 Higgins enrolled at Creighton Prep. He left Creighton after his junior year to join the 2nd Nebraska Infantry, a National Guard regiment. It was as part of a Nebraska militia that Higgins received his first amphibious training – on the shallow waters of the Platte River. Later beneath the leadership of Sergeant Major Higgins his battalion’s drill grupp won a national prize.
In 1906 Higgins moved south to pursue a career in the lumber and boat business. He and wife Angele had six children. Many times he lost his company and savings to hurricanes and hard times. He never lost focus of his goals.
Mr. Higgins enjoyed returning to his homeland
•
Andrew Jackson Higgins (judge)
American judge
Andrew Jackson Higgins (June 21, 1921 – September 14, 2011) was a judge on the Supreme Court of Missouri between 1979 and 1991, and its Chief Justice from 1985 to 1987. Previously, he had served as a commissioner for the Supreme Court between 1964 and 1979, and as Circuit Court Judge for Platte County from 1960 to 1964.[3]
Zel Fischer, a current Judge of the Supreme Court of Missouri, clerked for Judge Higgins from 1988 to 1989; Judge Higgins administered Judge Fischer's oath.[4]
After retiring from the bench, Judge Higgins joined the law firm Inglish & Monaco, P.C., in Jefferson City, Missouri. He practiced and was then Of Counsel until his death.
Higgins also became an advocate against plans to change the way Missouri selects its judges.[5]
Sources
[edit]- ^Andre Jackson, "Ruling affects 6 state judges this year." St. Louis Post-Dispatch, page 19A. June 21, 1991.
- ^Official Manual o