Harry Pregerson

• Judge Harry Pregerson
  Judge Harry Pregerson

Harry Pregerson (born October 13, 1923) serves as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He was appointed to the Ninth Circuit in 1979 by President Jimmy Carter. Previous to this he was appointed to the United States District Court for the Central District of California in 1967 by President Lyndon Johnson. He is a graduate of University of California, Los Angeles (1947) and the University of California, Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law (1950). Judge Pregerson was also a U.S. Marine Corps First Lieutenant in World War II were he was severely wounded in the Battle of Okinawa.

In 2002, the California Legislature officially named the giant interchange between Interstate 110 (California) and Interstate 105 (California) the "Judge Harry Pregerson Interchange" in honor of the fact that Pregerson is the longest serving judge in the history of the Ninth Circuit. Furthermore, as a district judge, he supervised the settlement of the federal lawsuit against the Century Freeway, which enabled the interchange to be built. Judge Pregerson's name is now on signs at the interchange.

Judge Harry Pregerson's daughter, Katie Ann (Pregerson) Rodan, is an esteemed dermatologist and researcher who, in partnership with Dr. Fields, a colleague, developed revolutionary products, including the well-known and remarkable Proactiv Solution.