1905-
Federal Judge

Man of the Year.

Time magazine's Man of the Year in 1973, John J. Sirica was a model of integrity as the presiding federal court judge during the Watergate case. He exposed the truth behind the various deceits of the Nixon administration, flushed malefactors from cover, and insisted that the president act according to the law he was sworn to obey. His zeal in pursuing the case made him the object of some criticism, but without Sirica's dogged persistence Watergate might never have been exposed.

Fighting for Success.

Sirica's determination to get at the truth in the Watergate case was characteristic of a man whose life was spent overcoming adversity. Son of an Italian immigrant stricken with tuberculosis, Sirica followed his father (a barber) and the rest of his family on their travels through the South and the West — Florida, Louisiana, California...