Francis Lund Van Dusen

Judge Francis Lund Van Dusen

Personal

Birthday:

5/16/1912

Birthplace:

Philadelphia, PA

Date of Death:

5/26/1993

Place of Death:

Bryn Mawr, PA

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Private practice, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1937-1941, 1945-1955
Attorney, Office of Administrator of Export Control, 1941
Senior attorney, Office of Production Management, 1941-1942
Senior attorney, War Production Board, 1942
U.S. Navy lieutenant commander, 1942-1945

Nominated to U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, March 29, 1954; no Senate vote

Education

Name of School:

Princeton University

Degree:

A.B.

Degree Year:

1934

Name of School - Second:

Harvard Law School

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Degree - Second:

LL.B.

Degree Year - Second:

1937

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Court Name:

Pennsylvania Eastern District Court

President Nominating:

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Party Affiliation of President:

Republican

Commission Date:

8/1/1955

Termination Date:

6/26/1967

Termination Reason:

Appointment to Another Judicial Position

Court Name - Second:

U. S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Court Name - Second:

Third Circuit Court of Appeals

Commission Date - Second:

6/12/1967

Retirement from Active Service - Second:

5/16/1977

Termination Date - Second:

5/26/1993

Termination Reason - Second:

Death