George H. Barlow

George H. Barlow
George H. Barlow
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
	In office; 1978–1979
Preceded by	Lawrence Aloysius Whipple
Succeeded by	Clarkson Sherman Fisher
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
	In office; December 18, 1969 – March 4, 1979
Appointed by	Richard Nixon
Preceded by	Arthur Stephen Lane
Succeeded by	Harold A. Ackerman
Personal details
Born	George Herbert Barlow; January 4, 1921; Trenton, New Jersey
Died	March 4, 1979 (aged 58); Trenton, New Jersey
Education	Dartmouth College (B.A.); Rutgers Law School (LL.B.)

George Herbert Barlow (January 4, 1921 – March 4, 1979) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Education and career

Born in Trenton, New Jersey, Barlow received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Dartmouth College in 1943 and a Bachelor of Laws from Rutgers Law School in 1948. He was in the United States Navy from 1943 to 1945. He was an assistant counsel for the New Jersey State Law Revision Commission from 1948 to 1953. He was in private practice in Trenton from 1948 to 1953. He was an Assistant United States Attorney of the District of New Jersey from 1953 to 1956 and then a United States Commissioner of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey from 1956 to 1963. He then returned to private practice until 1963. He was a judge on the Mercer County Court, New Jersey from 1963 to 1966, and on the Superior Court of New Jersey from 1966 to 1970.^[1]

Federal judicial service

On July 22, 1969, Barlow was nominated by President Richard Nixon to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey vacated by Judge Arthur Stephen Lane. Barlow was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 17, 1969, and received his commission the following day. He served as Chief Judge from 1978 until his death of an apparent heart attack on March 4, 1979, at the Mercer Medical Center in Trenton.^[1]^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b George Herbert Barlow at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
^ Waggoner, Walter H. (6 March 1979). "George. H. Barlow, U.S. Judge, 58". The New York Times.

Sources

George Herbert Barlow at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Legal offices
Preceded by Arthur Stephen Lane	Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey 1969–1979	Succeeded by Harold A. Ackerman
Preceded by Lawrence Aloysius Whipple	Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey 1978–1979	Succeeded by Clarkson Sherman Fisher

[auto-1] George Herbert Barlow at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

[2] Waggoner, Walter H. (6 March 1979). "George. H. Barlow, U.S. Judge, 58". The New York Times.

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