<P> Roberts has authored the majority opinion in many landmark cases, including Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1, Shelby County v. Holder, and National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius . </P> <P> John Glover Roberts was born in Buffalo, New York, the son of Rosemary (née Podrasky) and John Glover "Jack" Roberts Sr. (1928--2008). His father was a plant manager with Bethlehem Steel . He has Irish, Welsh, and Czech ancestry . When Roberts was in fourth grade, his family moved to Long Beach, Indiana . He grew up with three sisters: Kathy, Peggy, and Berbere . </P> <P> Roberts attended Notre Dame Elementary School, a Roman Catholic grade school in Long Beach . In 1973, he graduated from La Lumiere School, a Roman Catholic boarding school in La Porte, Indiana, where he was a student and athlete . He studied five years of Latin (in four years), some French, and was known generally for his devotion to his studies . He was captain of the football team (he later described himself as a "slow - footed linebacker"), and was a regional champion in wrestling . He participated in choir and drama, co-edited the school newspaper, and served on the athletic council and the executive committee of the student council . </P> <P> After graduating from high school in 1973, Roberts entered Harvard University as a history major . Due to his academic excellence in high school, Roberts entered Harvard with sophomore (second - year) standing . One of his first papers, "Marxism and Bolshevism: Theory and Practice," won the William Scott Ferguson Prize for most outstanding essay assignment by a sophomore history major . He graduated in 1976 with a B.A. summa cum laude, having written a senior honors thesis entitled "Old and New Liberalism: The British Liberal Party's Approach to the Social Problem, 1906--1914". Roberts originally planned to pursue a Ph. D. in history and become a professor, but decided to study law instead . He attended Harvard Law School, where he was a managing editor of the Harvard Law Review . He graduated in 1979 with a J.D. magna cum laude . </P>

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