W&L Mourns the Hon. H. Emory Widener ’53, Longest-serving Appeals Court JudgeThe Honorable Hiram Emory Widener, Jr., 84, alumnus and adjunct faculty member at the School of Law, died at his home on Wednesday, September 19, 2007, at 11:10 a.m. He was born in Abingdon, Virginia on April 30, 1923. He had been the longest-serving active United States Court of Appeals judge in the nation.20070921T18:21:19falsePress ReleasesNews and Events|Media