Clarence Charles Newcomer

Judge Clarence Charles Newcomer

Personal

Birthday:

1/18/1923

Birthplace:

Mount Joy, PA

Date of Death:

8/22/2005

Place of Death:

Stone Harbor, NJ

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

U.S. Naval Reserve lieutenant, 1943-1946
Private practice, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1950-1971
Special deputy attorney general, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1953-1954
Assistant district attorney, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 1960-1968
District attorney, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 1968-1972

Education

Name of School:

Franklin and Marshall College

Degree:

A.B.

Degree Year:

1944

Name of School - Second:

Dickinson School of Law - Penn State

Founded in 1834 by Judge John Reed, The Dickinson School of Law is the oldest law school in Pennsylvania and the fifth oldest in the nation. Throughout its history, the law school has trained distinguished graduates who have gone on to become leaders of the bar, of the judiciary, of government, and of business. These alumni include the first secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, five governors, three U.S. senators, and more than 100 federal, state and county judges and countless prominent lawyers and civic leaders.

Degree - Second:

J.D.

Degree Year - Second:

1948

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Court Name:

Pennsylvania Eastern District Court

President Nominating:

Richard M. Nixon

Party Affiliation of President:

Republican

Commission Date:

11/30/1971

Retirement from Active Service:

1/19/1988

Termination Date:

8/22/2005

Termination Reason:

Death