Robert E. Jagger, 92, was born and raised in Royal Oak, Michigan, outside of Detroit, and spent many summers with his aunts/uncles in Tollesboro, Kentucky. In high school, he played football, basketball, and baseball and was on the cross country team that won the 1944 state championship. He attended Hillsdale College, where he played basketball and baseball, graduating with a degree in economics. After college, he enlisted in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War and was subsequently accepted into OCS and honorably discharged as a captain. Later, on the GI Bill, he enrolled at Stetson University College of Law in St. Petersburg and graduated in 1958.
While in law school, he met his wife of 60 years, Jo Ann, who survives him along with their 2 sons, Robert (Kathleen) and Edwin (Melissa), 4 grandchildren, Jackie, Paige, Jacob, and Blake, 3 nephews, Robert, Scott, and Randy Rule, and 1 first cousin, Beverly Brady. He was predeceased by his sister, Brenda (Jagger) Rule. Mr. Jagger practiced law in Pinellas County for over 50 years, during which time he served as the longest standing elected Public Defender in the country. For his contributions to the area of criminal law, he received numerous national, state, and local awards, including Distinguished Alumni Awards from both Hillsdale and Stetson. In 2010, he received the Professional Award from the St. Petersburg Bar. He was also an adjunct professor at Stetson for many years, and served several terms on the law school’s Board of Overseers, and in 2005 was inducted into the Stetson Law Hall of Fame.
No services are presently planned. The family would request that any contribution in his memory be made to the Stetson University College of Law c/o Robert E. Jagger Public Defender Endowed Scholarship. Serenity Gardens, Largo.
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