Everyone close to the situation knew when A. Sherman i Christensen was a young lawyer in Provo that he would accomplish important things in his profession. He, at that time, was an able and aggressive attorney, in demand by clients and dedicated to his work. Mr. Christensen was community – minded also – served as president of the Jaycees and in various other leadership capacities. When World War II came he enlisted and received a commission with the Naval Air Force. Upon his return he was elected commander of the new Dean Mendenhall Provo Post of the American Legion and later as first vice commander of the Utah Department of the organization. Mr. Christensen has served as a federal judge for some 23 years. Just recently he was the recipient of a high honor – the Utah State Bar’s Distinguished Award as Judge of the Year. The presentation was made at the joint convention of the Utah and Idaho State Bars at Sun Valley. The well – known jurist came from a family of lawyers. His father, A. H. Christensen, was the family’s pioneer in the profession who won a position of eminence and respect, not only as an attomey but as judge of the Seventh Judicial District for eight years. A. Sherman, oldest of the sons, joined his father to form a law partnership. Later, as they qualified, brothers Phillip V. and Cullen Y. Christensen joined the team. In more recent years, Sherman’s son Krege B. Christensen entered the profes.sion. He’s an attorney in Salt Lake City. i A. Sherman was appointed U.S. district judge for Utah in 1954 and served in that post until taking senior judge status in 1971. He has remained active on assignment by Chief Justice Warren Burger to various courts throughout the country and committees of the federal judiciary. Currently his primary duties are as a member of the nine judge Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals of the United States, which hears appeals from the federal district courts involving petroleum allocation and energy problems. He maintains his offices in the Federal Building in Salt Lake City, but he and his wife Lois live in Provo. The distinguished award of the Utah State Bar seems an appropriate recognition of Judge Christensen’s achievements. His wife will share another honor with him tomorrow – a reception marking their 50th wedding anniversary. The Herald joins in extending congratulations. So They Suy “Our major discovery to date is that children seem to affect their parents more than parents affect their children.” -Dr. Jerome Cohen, coinvestigator of UCLA’s Family Lifestyles Project, which has spent four years studying children raised in alternate-lifestyle situations. Man’s capabilities have never been measured. Nor are we to judge of what he can do by any precedents. So little has been tried. – Henry David Thoreau, American naturalist.