Walter Joseph Cummings
Personal
Birthday:
9/29/1916
Birthplace:
Chicago, IL
Date of Death:
4/24/1999
Place of Death:
Chicago, IL
Race or Ethnicity:
White
Gender:
Male Prior Employment:
Assistant solicitor general and special assistant attorney general, U.S. Department of Justice, 1940-1946
Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 1946-1966
Solicitor general of the United States, 1952-1953
Education
Name of School:
Yale University
Degree:
B.A.
Degree Year:
1937
Name of School - Second:
Harvard Law School
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Degree - Second:
LL.B.
Degree Year - Second:
1940 Judicial Career
Court Name:
U. S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Court Name:
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
President Nominating:
Lyndon B. Johnson
Party Affiliation of President:
Democratic
Commission Date:
8/11/1966
Termination Date:
4/24/1999
Termination Reason:
Death