Walter Frederick Marcus Jr. (July 26, 1927 – April 8, 2004) was a justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from 1973 to 2000.
[1][2] Born in New Orleans, Marcus graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy,[3] and he served in the United States military during World War II, as part of the occupation of Japan.
[3] He was elected to the Louisiana Supreme Court in 1973, defeating Jim Garrison, among others, to win the seat.
[3] In 1952, Marcus married Barbara Faye Cohn of Fort Worth, Texas,[4] with whom he had two sons and one daughter.
He died of pneumonia at Touro Infirmary in New Orleans, at the age of 76.