Jack Tarpley Camp Jr.
United States federal judge
Jack Tarpley Camp Jr. (born October 30, 1943) is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. A Republican, he was nominated by Ronald Reagan, and retired from the bench in November 2010 after pleading guilty to drug related charges, including a felony count for giving a stripper cocaine even though he knew she was a convicted felon.
Early life and education
Born in Newnan, Georgia, Camp received a Bachelor of Arts degree from The Citadel in 1965, a Master of Arts in history from the University of Virginia in 1967, and a Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1973. Camp won a Ford Foundation fellowship to study history at the University of Virginia.
Camp grew up on a working farm in Moreland, Georgia a few miles from Newnan, that had been in his family more than a century. He still owns a 175-acre farm in Coweta County.
Military career
Camp was in the United States Army from 1967 to 1970, and in the United States Army Reserve from 1970 to 1986. He joined the Army as a lieutenant.
He arrived in South Vietnam in 1968, shortly after the Tet Offensive, and was assigned to military intelligence.
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