in 1966, in his final term as governor was coming to an end, pat brown appointed harry to the san francisco municipal court. when we had a san francisco municipal court. making him san francisco's first asian american judge. he would serve on the municipal court bench for seven years and presided over the summer of love in haight ashbury and the black studies protest, which he remarked was a wonderful training ground for a judge. he was as supervisor peskin noted, an active democratic party member which stopped him from receiving further appointments from governor reagan, but he mounted a campaign with help. again, a first. he was the first chinese american person to serve on the superior court and would serve in the position until 1982. he was appointed by another outgoing governor brown it when in 1982, jerry brown appointed him to the first district court of appeals where he made history again as the first chinese american judge. he would serve on the court of appeals for nearly a decade, retiring in 1992 as presiding judge. judge lowe didn't get to relax for long, when following retirem