Dudley Baldwin Bonsal

Personal

Birthday: 
10/6/1906
Birthplace: 
Bedford, NY
Date of Death: 
7/22/1995
Place of Death: 
Bedford, NY
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

Private practice, New York City, 1930-1942, 1945-1961
Chief counsel, U.S. Office of Inter-American Affairs, 1942-1945
Judge, U.S. Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals, 1977-1987

Nominated to U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, September 23, 1961; no Senate vote

Education

Name of School: 
Dartmouth College
Degree: 
A.B.
Degree Year: 
1927
Name of School - Second: 

Harvard Law School

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Degree - Second: 
LL.B.
Degree Year - Second: 
1930

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. District Court, Southern District of New York
Court Name: 

New York Southern District Court

President Nominating: 
John F. Kennedy
Party Affiliation of President: 
Democratic
Commission Date: 
3/17/1962
Retirement from Active Service: 
12/6/1976
Termination Date: 
7/22/1995
Termination Reason: 
Death