Charles William Kraft Jr.

Judge Charles William Kraft Jr.

Personal

Birthday:

12/14/1903

Birthplace:

Philadelphia, PA

Date of Death:

1/18/2002

Place of Death:

Key Biscayne, FL

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Private practice, Media, Pennsylvania, 1927-1955
District attorney, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, 1944-1952

Nominated to U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, May 20, 1955; no Senate vote

Education

Name of School:

University of Pennsylvania

Degree:

A.B.

Degree Year:

1924

Name of School - Second:

University of Pennsylvania Law School

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Degree - Second:

LL.B.

Degree Year - Second:

1927

Name of School - Third:

University of Pennsylvania Law School

Unlike most law schools that remain isolated from their universities, Penn Law has followed the opposite path, nurturing relationships with as fine an array of law-related professional schools as you will find in the country. Students can easily enhance their first-rate legal education through study in many associated disciplines, either through matriculation in a joint degree program or by taking up to four courses in other departments.

Degree - Third:

J.D.

Degree Year - Third:

1930

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Court Name:

Pennsylvania Eastern District Court

President Nominating:

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Party Affiliation of President:

Republican

Commission Date:

3/29/1956

Retirement from Active Service:

11/11/1970

Termination Date:

1/18/2002

Termination Reason:

Death