Former Justice John Paul Stevens served on the U.S. Supreme Court from 1975 until his retirement in 2010, the third-longest-serving justice in American history. Appointed by President Gerald Ford, he joined the court under Chief Justice Warren Burger as a conservative, and left under Chief Justice John Roberts during President Obama’s first term as one of its leading liberal voices. In between, he published nearly 400 opinions for the court and more that 500 dissents.

In a new autobiography, “The Making of a Justice,” Stevens surveys his life before his appointment to the court—growing up in Chicago, and working as a naval traffic analyst at Pearl Harbor during World War II and in private law practice. Click here to read the full article in The Seattle Times.