Cruz Reynoso

was the first Latino to serve on the California Supreme Court. Before joining the Court he was deputy director of the California Fair Employment Practices Commission, and director of the California Rural Legal Assistance. Upon leaving the Court, he joined the faculty of UCLA School of Law and served as vice-chairman of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. Judge Reynoso is presently a Professor Emeritus at UC Davis School of Law. In 2000, President Bill Clinton honored Cruz Reynoso with a Presidential Medal of Freedom, the country’s highest civilian honor, for his lifelong devotion to public service. UC Davis School of Law has established the Cruz & Jeannene Reynoso Scholarship for Legal Access in his name to help students with financial needs. A.B., Pomona College 1953 LL.B., UC Berkeley 1958