Made possible with the generous assistance of the Yakima County Bar Association, the Yakima Lions Club, the Seafirst Bank Foundation, and several anonymous donors, the new exhibition was relocated within the museum, continues to feature the office, and was expanded to include material about his early life in Yakima, his controversial Supreme Court career, his writings, and his continuing legacy in environmental and civil rights law. In preparation for the new exhibition, Central Washington University graduate student and East Valley school teacher Michael Duerre undertook new research in the Museum's Sundquist Research Library 's William O. Douglas collection. Duerre examined existing Douglas biographies and recommended ways in which the new exhibition could accurately interpret the lifelong relationship between Yakima and Douglas. It is hoped that the new exhibition fairly depicts his lasting influence and the reasons he remains controversial to the present day. Family moves to Estrella, California.
Family moves to Cleveland, Washington.
Family moves to Yakima. Graduates from Yakima High School as class valedictorian and is awarded a partial scholarship from Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington. Graduates Phi Beta Kappa from Whitman. Begins teaching English and Latin at Yakima High School. Marries Mildred Riddle, a co-worker at Yakima High School.