# Lee Loevinger *American jurist and lawyer (1913–2004)* Lee Loevinger (April 24, 1913 – April 26, 2004) was an American lawyer and jurist from [[Saint Paul, Minnesota]].[^1] He sat on the [[Minnesota Supreme Court]] in 1960 and 1961 and then held federal posts in antitrust enforcement and communications regulation.[^1] He is credited with naming the field of *jurimetrics*.[^2] He completed his undergraduate degree at the [[University of Minnesota]] in 1933 and earned his law degree at the [[University of Minnesota Law School]] three years later, in 1936.[^1] He practiced law in Kansas City, Missouri, and was in the United States Navy during the Second World War.[^1] After his term on the state court, he was a United States Assistant Attorney General in the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice from 1961 to 1963.[^1] He was a member of the Federal Communications Commission from 1963 to 1968.[^1] He then returned to private practice in Washington, D.C., and died in that city in 2004.[^1] ## Father of jurimetrics Loevinger introduced the word *jurimetrics* in a 1949 article in the *Minnesota Law Review*.[^2] The cited source defines the term as the application of probability and statistics to the resolution of legal questions.[^2] ## In the Minnesota record ### Who - Lee Loevinger was a native of Saint Paul, Minnesota, and a justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court in 1960 and 1961.[^1] ### What - He introduced the term *jurimetrics* in a 1949 *Minnesota Law Review* article.[^2] ### When - He was born April 24, 1913, and died April 26, 2004.[^1] - He served on the Minnesota Supreme Court from 1960 to 1961.[^1] - He was an Assistant Attorney General in the Antitrust Division from 1961 to 1963.[^1] - He was a member of the Federal Communications Commission from 1963 to 1968.[^1] ### Where - He was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, studied at the University of Minnesota, and died in Washington, D.C.[^1] ## Notes [^1]: Wikipedia contributors, *Lee Loevinger* (revision 1330016320, retrieved 2026-10-26), lead section — birth and death dates, Saint Paul birthplace, University of Minnesota degrees (1933, 1936), Kansas City practice, Navy service, Minnesota Supreme Court service (1960–1961), Antitrust Division post (1961–1963), FCC membership (1963–1968), Washington practice and death. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Loevinger [^2]: Wikipedia contributors, *Lee Loevinger* (revision 1330016320, retrieved 2026-10-26), section "Father of jurimetrics" — coinage and definition of *jurimetrics* in a 1949 *Minnesota Law Review* article. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Loevinger