Guy Kurtz Bard

Judge Guy Kurtz Bard

Personal

Birthday:

10/24/1895

Birthplace:

Lincoln, PA

Date of Death:

11/23/1953

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Teacher, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 1911-1912
Principal, Warwick Township High School, Lititz, Pennsylvania, 1913-1915
Supervising principal, Ephrata, Pennsylvania schools, 1916-1918
U.S. Army, 1918-1919
Democratic Committee of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; secretary, 1920-1924; chairman, 1925-1934
Private practice, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1922-1939
Special assistant to the Attorney General of the United States, 1934-1937
U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1937
Member, Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, 1937-1938
Attorney general, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1938-1939
Private practice, Pennsylvania, 1952-1953

Education

Name of School:

Franklin and Marshall College

Degree:

A.B.

Degree Year:

1916

Name of School - Second:

University of Pennsylvania Law School

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Degree - Second:

LL.B.

Degree Year - Second:

1922

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Court Name:

Pennsylvania Eastern District Court

President Nominating:

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Party Affiliation of President:

Democratic

Commission Date:

4/29/1940

Termination Date:

7/16/1952

Termination Reason:

Resignation