Admitted
1952, Pennsylvania; 1958, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
University of Pennsylvania, LL.B., 1951
Law School Graduation Year
1951
College
University of Pennsylvania, B.S., E.E., 1948
Memberships
Philadelphia (Past Chairman, Judiciary Liaison Committee, 1975; Past Chairman, International Law Committee, 1978-1979; Member, Nominating Committee, 1978), Federal (Member, National Executive Council, 1963-1989; Chairman, Law Day Committee, 1964-1970; President, Philadelphia Chapter, 1982-1984; Chairman, Complex Litigation and Class Action Committee, 1986—) and American (Chairman, Aerospace Law Committee, 1979-1980) Bar Associations; Inter-American Bar Association (Chairman, Aerospace Law Committee, 1967-1980).
Biographical
Author: Some Aspects of Civil Liability For Space Craft and Vehicle Accidents, Pennsylvania Bar Association Quarterly, March, 1962; Legal Aspects of Solar Energy Satellites or Power Stations, The Legal Intelligencer, Vol. 176, No. 9, 1977. Member, Philadelphia County Board of Law Examiners, 1961-1971. Judge, Common Pleas Court, Philadelphia County, 1971-1972. Chairman, Pennsylvania Committee for an Independent Judiciary, 1972—. Member, Board of Overseers, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, 1998—. Chairman, International Conference on Environmental and International Law, University of Pennsylvania, 1974. Chairman, Princeton University, Conferences on Global Interdependence, 1975 and 1977. Member, Pennsylvania Conference of State Trial Judges, 1972-1982. Chairman, National Standing Committee on the Federal and State Judiciary of the Federal Bar Association, 1980-1991. National Chairman, FBA Alternate Dispute Resolution Committee, 1992-1995. President, Eastern District of Pennsylvania Chapter of FBA, 1996—. Member, National Conference of State Trial Judges, 1974—. Permanent Member, Judicial Conference of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. Member, Advisory Council, Biddle Law Library, University of Pennsylvania, 1991—.