Here is a look at the life of Stephen Breyer, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.

Personal: Birth date: August 15, 1938

Birth place: San Francisco, California

Birth name: Stephen Gerald Breyer

Father: Irving Breyer, an attorney

Mother: Anne (Roberts) Breyer

Marriage: Joanna (Hare) Breyer (September 4, 1967 - present)

Children: Chloe; Nell; Michael

Education: Stanford University, A.B., 1959; Oxford University (Marshall Scholar), B.A., 1961; Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1964, magna cum laude

Religion: Jewish

Other Facts: Nominated by President Bill Clinton in 1994.

Former assistant prosecutor during the Watergate hearings in the 1970s.

Timeline: 1964-1965 - Law clerk for Justice Arthur Goldberg, U.S. Supreme Court.

1965-1967 - Special assistant to the assistant Attorney General of the U.S. Department of Justice.

1967-1994 - Holds various positions at Harvard University Law School, including professor and lecturer.

1974-1975 - Special Counsel for the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee.

1977-1980 - Professor of Government at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

1979-1980 - Chief Counsel for the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee.

1981-1990 - Serves as a judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.

1985-1989 - Member of the U.S. Sentencing Commission.

1990-1994 - Serves as the Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.

August 3, 1994 - Sworn in to the Supreme Court by President Bill Clinton, filling the seat held by former Justice Harry Blackmun.

June 2004 - Named by Chief Justice William Rehnquist to lead a panel of justices to consider ways to police members of the federal judiciary while allowing them to maintain their traditional level of independence.

October 30, 2008 - Fordham University Law School - a Jesuit school - gives an award to Breyer, causing some controversy due to his pro-abortion stance.

September 2010 - Releases book entitled "Making Our Democracy Work."