Noel Peter Fox

Noel Peter Fox
Noel Peter Fox
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan
	In office; December 31, 1979 – June 3, 1987
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan
	In office; 1971–1979
Preceded by	W. Wallace Kent
Succeeded by	Wendell Alverson Miles
Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan
	In office; July 31, 1962 – December 31, 1979
Appointed by	John F. Kennedy
Preceded by	Raymond Wesley Starr
Succeeded by	Richard Alan Enslen
Personal details
Born	Noel Peter Fox; August 30, 1910; Kalamazoo, Michigan
Died	June 3, 1987 (aged 76); Grand Rapids, Michigan
Education	Marquette University (Ph.B.); Marquette University Law School (J.D.)

Noel Peter Fox (August 30, 1910 – June 3, 1987) was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan.

Education and career

Born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, Fox received a Bachelor of Philosophy degree from Marquette University in 1933 and a Juris Doctor from Marquette University Law School in 1935. He was in private practice in Muskegon, Michigan from 1935 to 1937, and was then an assistant prosecuting attorney for Muskegon County, Michigan from 1937 to 1939, thereafter returning to his private practice until 1944. He was in the United States Navy towards the end of World War II, from 1944 to 1946, again returning to private practice from 1946 to 1951. He was a Circuit Judge for the Michigan 14th Judicial Circuit Court from 1951 to 1962.[1]

On July 12, 1962, Fox was nominated by President John F. Kennedy to a seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan vacated by Judge Raymond Wesley Starr. Fox was confirmed by the United States Senate on July 25, 1962, and received his commission on July 31, 1962. He served as Chief Judge from 1971 to 1979, assuming senior status on December 31, 1979. Fox continued to serve in that capacity until his death on June 3, 1987, in Grand Rapids, Michigan.[1]

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Legal offices
Preceded by Raymond Wesley Starr	Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan 1962–1979	Succeeded by Richard Alan Enslen
Preceded by W. Wallace Kent	Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan 1971–1979	Succeeded by Wendell Alverson Miles

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