Ronald Whyte Obituary

Ronald Whyte was a United States District Court for the Northern District of California judge in San Jose, California. Ronald Whyte died at the age of 80 in April 2023.

A representative from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California confirmed Whyte’s death on Tuesday, April 11 2023.

Ronald Whyte was born in Pomona, California, and graduated with honours from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, in 1964, and from the USC Gould School of Law in Los Angeles, California, in 1967.

From 1968 to 1971, he was a lieutenant in the United States Navy’s Judge Advocate General Corps. From 1969 to 1971, he served as a military court judge in the Navy. From 1971 to 1989, he returned to private practice, working at Hoge, Fenton, Jones & Appel Inc. in San Jose, California.

President George H. W. Bush nominated Whyte to the new seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of California created by 104 Stat. 5089 on July 26, 1991.

On February 6, 1992, he was confirmed by the United States Senate and received his commission on March 2, 1992. On March 2, 2009, he was promoted to senior status. He became inactive on November 1, 2016.