Hillsborough County FlArchives Biographies.....Hazard, Julian L. June 11, 1896 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/fl/flfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Nancy Rayburn http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00025.html#0006128 January 26, 2016, 9:57 pm Source: Vol. II pg.156-157 The Lewis Publishing Co. 1923 Author: History of Florida, Past and Present Judge JULIAN L. HAZARD, judge of the County Court and county judge of Hillsborough County, was born on June 11, 1896, at Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, and he is a son of PHILLIP FRANCIS and MAY E. (COLSON) HAZARD, natives of Illinois and Texas, respectively. He is the second son and the second child in a family of five, three sons and two daughters. PHILLIP FRANCIS HAZARD died at the age of fifty-two years, but his widow survives and makes her home in Tampa. Judge Hazard was eleven years of age at the time of his father’s death. Brought to Tampa when only nine years of age by his parents, Judge Hazard is decidedly a product of the city, which is proud of him and what he has already accomplished, and glad to recognize a brilliant future stretching out before him. Notwithstanding the almost insurmountable obstacles placed between him and an education by his father’s untimely death, Judge Hazard at his then tender age realized the necessity and advantages of training and education, and undaunted by adversity determined to overcome those obstacles and achieve his heart’s ambition. Toward that end he secured employment as a clerk in a store and a dispenser of soft drinks and at various other tasks to not only enable him to attend school, but also to aid in support of his widowed mother and younger brother and sisters. He attended the Hillsborough County and Tampa grammar schools and the Hillsborough High School, and Stetson University at DeLand, Florida, from which university’s College of Law he was graduated June 5, 1918, receiving his degree of LL. B. On June 20, 1918, he enlisted in the United States navy as a yeoman, being later promoted to rank of chief yeomen, and detailed to service in the Office of Naval Intelligence, Sixth Section, Seventh Naval District, where he served under that rating until he received his honorable discharge following the signing of the armistice. Having been admitted to practice in both the State and Federal courts, after his discharge from the United States navy, Judge Hazard returned to Tampa and opened his offices for the general practice of law on January 1, 1919. Nominated by an overwhelming vote in the June primaries of 1920 as the democratic candidate for county judge and judge of the County Courts of Hillsborough County, at the fall election of the same year he was the successful candidate for those offices, and assumed his duties as judge on January 4, 1921. Although the youngest member of the bench in the state, he is one of the fairest and ablest, and his work is watch with admiration and respect by both bench and bar. Since reaching his majority Judge Hazard has taken an aggressive part in public affairs, and is recognized as one of the leaders of his party in this section. On August 12, 1920, Judge Hazard married ARISTENE JANE LUTHER, of DeLand, Florida. An infant daughter, ARISTENE JANE, was born to Judge and Mrs. Hazard on January 8, 1922. The Baptist Church has in Judge Hazard one of its most consistent and zealous members and an efficient worker. Fraternally he belongs to the American Legion, Knights of Pythias, Woodmen of the World, Caribou, and Phi Beta Psi fraternity. He is a member of the Tampa Board of Trade and the Civitan Club. Judge Hazard is progressive in his ideas, and belongs to that class of young men who are going to have a very important influence in determining the trend of public affairs in the next decade or two. Because of his fairness, ability and public spirit he has established himself firmly in the hearts of his fellow-citizens and the people of his home city and county. Photo: http://www.usgwarchives.net/fl/hillsborough/photos/bios/hazard278bs.jpg File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/fl/hillsborough/bios/hazard278bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/flfiles/ File size: 4.5 Kb