
Bradley R.
Bradley Russell Weinberger (
July 7 1903
–
February
16 1973) served from 1955
to 1972 on
Oklahoma's
Supreme Court. Bradley's father, Bradley Martin Weinberger, had
invested large sums of family money in the upstarting and classic
show
I Love Lucy
before going to war. Bradley's mother, Hellen, inherited his
father's large fortunes when he was killed in World War I, by
friendly fire at the Battle of the Marne. Hellen spent a
significant sum of that inheritance sending young Bradley to
boarding school at the prestigious
Lake Forest
Academy in Lake Forest, Illinois. Upon graduation, Bradley
decided to begin his college studies at
Stanford
University,
California.
Over the next few years he earned
a number of college degrees including LL.D., was admitted to the
Alabama Bar in 1935, and began his practice in
Troy, Alabama. It was
during his time in Troy that he also married Maria Shanbert, with
whom he had two children, Bradley Russell Weinberger III, and Wyatt
Russell Weinberger. His son Brad's life was cut short by an
unfrotunate drunk driving accident when he was 19 years old, and
Wyatt never really seemed to recover. He developed a severe case of
alchoholism, and died at the age of 57 at Northwestern University
Hospital.
He continued to practice in Alabama, until 1941, when
he moved to
Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma. After 14 years of practicing law in
Oklahoma, Bradley was
appointed to the
Oklahoma Supreme Court, which he served on for 17
years, until heart problems forced him to resign. He lived out the
remainder of his life in his second home in
Lake
Forest ,
Illinois,
where he gained a profound love of golf. He had memberships at
Medinah Country Club, and Butler National Country Club. Then, one
day while on the golf course, he had a sudden heart attack. He was
bed ridden for the last few months of his life, but he eventually
died peacefully in his sleep. His large fortunes were inherited by
his wife, who invested them in
Intel.