Philip Willis Tone

Judge Philip Willis Tone

Personal

Birthday:

4/9/1923

Birthplace:

Chicago, IL

Date of Death:

11/28/2001

Place of Death:

Glenview, IL

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

U.S. Army first lieutenant, 1943-1946
Law clerk, Hon. Wiley B. Rutledge, Supreme Court of the United States, 1948-1949
Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1949-1950
Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 1950-1972, 1980-

Education

Name of School:

University of Iowa

Degree:

A.B.

Degree Year:

1943

Name of School - Second:

University of Iowa College of Law

The highly competitive practice of law has a way of shaping a person. If you let it, it can and it will make you into a thing;...That thing the practice of law would make of you is ultimately what becomes of the once passionate, once idealistic, once hopeful, would-be world changer, who has become eroded by the routine, battering current of the practice, and who has failed to cultivate the ground cover that resists erosion of soul." For those of us in the world of work, whether as lawyers or not, tending to that initial force that drew us toward the study of law should be part of our thoughts and periodic reflections.

Degree - Second:

J.D.

Degree Year - Second:

1948

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois

Court Name:

Illinois Northern District Court

President Nominating:

Richard M. Nixon

Party Affiliation of President:

Republican

Commission Date:

1/26/1972

Termination Date:

5/17/1974

Termination Reason:

Appointment to Another Judicial Position

Court Name - Second:

U. S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Court Name - Second:

Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals

Commission Date - Second:

5/14/1974

Termination Date - Second:

4/30/1980

Termination Reason - Second:

Resignation