James von der Heydt

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James Arnold von der Heydt (born July 15, 1919 in Miles City , Montana , † December 1, 2013 in Anchorage , Alaska ) was an American lawyer and politician .

Life

Von der Heydt attended Albion College in Albion , Michigan, and received a Bachelor of Arts (BA) there in 1942 . From 1945 to 1948 he was Deputy United States Marshal in the District for the Alaska Territory . In 1951, he received his Juris Doctor at the Law School of Northwestern University . From 1951 to 1953 he was the United States Attorney for the District of the Alaska Territory. He then practiced as a lawyer in Nome from 1953 to 1959 and was a member of the Territorial House of Representatives from 1957 to 1959. In the course of the admission of Alaska as a new state into the Union, von der Heydt became one of the first eight judges at the newly established Alaska Superior Court . He held this judicial post from 1959 to 1966. At the same time he held the office of presiding judge. He was also president of the Alaska Bar Association from 1959 to 1960 .

On September 9, 1966, President Lyndon B. Johnson nominated him as a judge on the United States District Court for the District of Alaska to fill the vacant seat of Judge Walter H. Hodge . He was ratified by the United States Senate on October 20, 1966 . He was sworn in on November 3rd. From 1973 to 1984 he was the chief judge of this district. On January 15, 1984 von der Heydt achieved senior status and thus went into semi-retirement. His vacant seat has been filled with H. Russel Holland.

Von der Heydt was married. He was a member of the American Inns of Court. He was a charter member and the first president of the Anchorage Fine Arts Museum Association . He was also a member of the Anchorage Municipal Fine Arts Commission for 21 years. Von der Heydt died on December 1, 2013 at the age of 94. He was buried in the Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ H. Russel Holland in the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
personal data
SURNAME Von der Heydt, James
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Von der Heydt, James Arnold (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH July 15, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Miles City , Montana
DATE OF DEATH December 1st, 2013
Place of death Anchorage , Alaska