Alton C. Netherlin

Alfredo Marquez was born in 1922 in Winkelman, Arizona. After high school he attended Curtis Wright Tech located at Glendale, CA airport. He completed the engineering course before enlisting in Navy Air Corps and became a pilot in the Navy. Alfredo earned his degree in economics in 1948 from the University of Arizona and his law degree in 1950 by completing the accelerated program for GIs. After earning aAlton C. Netherlin was born in Roswell, New Mexico in 1904. His family moved to Ajo, Arizona in 1923. He studied law at the University of Arizona, graduating in 1929. He set up his practice in Ajo during the 1930's, and also had a law office in Phoenix. For several years, during the 1940's he was active in the cattle business, grazing and butchering.

After World War II, he resumed an active law practice and was appointed Deputy County Attorney for Pima. He married Maria Netherlin in 1966, and adopted six children in the ensuing years.his law degree Marquez joined the Attorney General’s office for a short while before moving back to Tucson to work with Morris Udall in the County Attorney’s office. He then worked in Washington DC with Stewart Udall for one session before coming back to Tucson to serve as the City Prosecutor. In 1957, along with Lowell Rothschild and John Mesch, Alfredo formed a partnership where he worked until he came to the bench in 1980. In 1980, President Jimmy Carter nominated and the Senate approved Alfredo Marquez for appointment to the bench in the United States District for the District of Arizona.

Interviewed by Deo Maynard in 1991.

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