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Nebraska Oral Histories

Interviews of eighteen judges and politicians from Nebraska and the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals.

The Honorable Donald P. Lay

Donald P. Lay

(1926-2007)

Click on the judge's name to access the 1995 interview from the Creighton Digital Repository


  • Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit -- 1992-2007
  • Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit -- 1979-1992
  • Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit -- 1966-1992
    Nominated by Lyndon Johnson)
  • Biographical information from the Federal Judicial Center