Charles B. Larrabee
Charles Benham Larrabee (May 19, 1926 – March 29, 2008) was an American lawyer and a justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court from July 11, 1989 until his resignation on November 7, 1989. Born in Cedar Rapids to a father in the fledgling commercial airline industry, Larrabee grew up in various places and finished his education at The British Schools of Montevideo in Uruguay. He served in the United States Navy in the Pacific Theater of World War II, aboard the . He thereafter studied at the University of Iowa and received his law degree from the University of New Mexico School of Law in 1952. He was appointed to the state supreme court by Governor Garrey Carruthers in June 1989, but resigned after less than four months on the court, citing "the conflict between the job and political pressure to begin campaigning". Larrabee and his wife had two sons and three daughters. He died at his home in Albuquerque at the age of 81. References

1926 births
2008 deaths
People educated at The British Schools of Montevideo
University of Iowa alumni
University of New Mexico School of Law alumni
Justices of the New Mexico Supreme Court