Joseph Simon Lord III

Personal

Birthday: 
5/21/1912
Birthplace: 
Philadelphia, PA
Date of Death: 
4/23/1991
Place of Death: 
Philadelphia, PA
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

Private practice, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1936-1961
U.S. Navy, 1942-1945
U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1961

Education

Name of School: 
University of Pennsylvania
Degree: 
A.B.
Degree Year: 
1933
Name of School - Second: 

University of Pennsylvania Law School

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Degree - Second: 
LL.B.
Degree Year - Second: 
1936

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Court Name: 

Pennsylvania Eastern District Court

President Nominating: 
John F. Kennedy
Party Affiliation of President: 
Democratic
Commission Date: 
9/15/1961
Retirement from Active Service: 
7/1/1982
Termination Date: 
4/23/1991
Termination Reason: 
Death