Here's a look at the life of Antonin Scalia, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Personal: Birth date: March 11, 1936

Birth place: Trenton, New Jersey

Birth name: Antonin Scalia

Father: Eugene Scalia, professor at Brooklyn College

Mother: Catherine Louise (Panaro) Scalia, public school teacher

Marriage: Maureen McCarthy, (September 10, 1960 - present)

Children: Ann Forrest, Eugene, John Francis, Catherine Elisabeth, Mary Clare, Paul David, Matthew, Christopher James, Margaret Jane

Education: University of Fribourg, Switzerland, joint degree with Georgetown University, 1955-1956;Georgetown University, A.B., Valedictorian, summa cum laude, 1957; Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1960; Harvard University, Sheldon Fellow, editor of the Law Review, 1960-1961

Religion: Roman Catholic

Other Facts: First Italian-American justice to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court.

Considered a conservative.

Oversees the Fifth Circuit.

Votes consistently in favor of free speech.

Nicknamed 'Nino'

Strong opponent of abortion and affirmative action and is a strong advocate of federalism and separation of powers.

With the retirement of Justice John Paul Stevens, he became the longest-serving justice on the court.

Timeline: 1961-1967 - Associate at Jones, Day, Cockley & Reavis in Cleveland, Ohio.

1962 - Is admitted to the Ohio Bar.

1970 - Is admitted to the Virginia Bar.

1967-1974 - Professor at University of Virginia School of Law.

1971-1972 - General Counsel, Office of Telecommunications Policy, Executive Office of President.

1972-1974 - Chairman, Administrative Conference of the United States, Washington.

1974-1977 - Assistant U.S. Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel.

1977 - Visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute; visiting professor at Georgetown Law Center.