Robert Nugen Wilkin

Personal

Birthday: 
5/4/1886
Birthplace: 
New Philadelphia, OH
Date of Death: 
2/23/1973
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

Private practice, New Philadelphia, Ohio, 1908-
Member, Judicial Council of Ohio, 1932-1933
Justice, Supreme Court of Ohio, 1934
Counsel, Muskingum Conservation District, Ohio, 1935-1939

Education

Name of School: 

University of Virginia School of Law

Virginia is justly famous for its collegial environment that bonds students and faculty, and student satisfaction is consistently cited as among the highest in American law schools. Intellectual challenges are met in a spirit of cooperation. Small first-year sections promote individual inquiry while providing support and friendship. Students learn together, reading each other's work and freely sharing course outlines and other materials, confidently relying on the nation's oldest student-run Honor System to maintain the highest ethical standards.

Degree: 
LL.B.
Degree Year: 
1908

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio
Court Name: 

Ohio Northern District Court

President Nominating: 
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Party Affiliation of President: 
Democratic
Commission Date: 
6/3/1939
Retirement from Active Service: 
8/31/1949
Termination Date: 
2/23/1973
Termination Reason: 
Death