John H. Dimond

John Henry Dimond (December 28, 1918 – June 12, 1985) was an American jurist who served as a justice of the Alaska Supreme Court from August 7, 1959, to November 30, 1971. He was one of Alaska's inaugural justices on the court serving with Buell Nesbett and Walter Hodge on the court's first ever bench. Born in Valdez, Alaska, he was the only son of Anthony Dimond and was briefly in private practice with his father prior to his death. The state courthouse in his adopted hometown of Juneau, Alaska, located across the street from the Alaska State Capitol, is named in his honor.

Early life Dimond was born on December 28, 1918, in Valdez, the middle child of three born to Dorothea M. Dimond, and future Valdez mayor and Alaska Territory delegate Anthony Dimond. He had two sisters and grew up with Anthony Dimond's godson, Bill Egan, Alaska's first governor. In the early 1930s, Egan gave John Dimond and future Anchorage Mayor George M. Sullivan boxing training, once leading to an incident where Dimond punched Egan hard and he fell out of a window. Sullivan and Dimond waited for minutes for Egan to re-appear, although as time went on, Egan was nowhere to be seen. Egan suddenly burst through the door and said "Ok, boys, the lesson is over for today."