John Feikens
John Feikens | |
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Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan | |
In office March 1, 1986 – May 15, 2011 | |
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan | |
In office 1979–1986 | |
Preceded by | Cornelia Groefsema Kennedy |
Succeeded by | Philip Pratt |
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan | |
In office December 1, 1970 – March 1, 1986 | |
Appointed by | Richard Nixon |
Preceded by | Seat established by 84 Stat. 294 |
Succeeded by | Paul V. Gadola |
In office October 13, 1960 – September 27, 1961 | |
Appointed by | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
Preceded by | Clifford Patrick O'Sullivan |
Succeeded by | Stephen John Roth |
Personal details | |
Born | John Feikens December 3, 1917 Clifton, New Jersey |
Died | May 15, 2011 Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan | (aged 93)
Education | Calvin College (B.A.) University of Michigan Law School (J.D.) |
John Feikens (December 3, 1917 – May 15, 2011) was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
Education and career
Born December 3, 1917, in Clifton, New Jersey, Feikens received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1939 from Calvin College and a Juris Doctor in 1941 from the University of Michigan Law School. He worked for the priorities and war allocations department of the Detrex Corporation in Detroit, Michigan from 1942 to 1946. He was in private practice in Detroit from 1946 to 1960 an from 1961 to 1970.[1]
Federal judicial service
Feikens received a recess appointment from President Dwight D. Eisenhower on October 13, 1960, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan vacated by Judge Clifford Patrick O`Sullivan. He was nominated to the same position by President Eisenhower on January 10, 1961. His service was terminated on September 27, 1961, after his nomination was not confirmed by the United States Senate. A previous nomination by President Eisenhower on June 10, 1960, expired without action by the Senate, prior to his recess appointment.[1]
Feikens was nominated by President Richard Nixon on October 7, 1970, to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, to a new seat authorized by 84 Stat. 294. He was confirmed by the Senate on November 25, 1970, and received his commission on December 1, 1970. He served as Chief Judge from 1979 to 1986. He assumed senior status on March 1, 1986.[1] His service terminated on May 15, 2011, due to his death in Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan.[2]
Professional associations, civic and other activities
- Director of the Detroit Bar Association in (1962–1967), president 1967; trustee to the Detroit Bar Association Foundation[citation needed]
- Member of the American Bar Association[citation needed]
- State Bar of Michigan Commissioner (1965–1971)[citation needed]
- Member of Fellow American College of Trial Lawyers[citation needed]
- Director of the Economic Club of Detroit[citation needed]
- Co-Chairman, Michigan Civil Rights Commission, (1964–1968)[citation needed]
- Board of Trustees, New Detroit, Inc. (1968–1970)[citation needed]
- Board of Trustees, Calvin College (1968–1974)[citation needed]
- University of Michigan Club[citation needed]
- Committee of Visitors, University of Michigan Law School[citation needed]
- Director, Economic Club of Detroit[citation needed]
References
- ^ a b c John Feikens at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- ^ Snell, Robert (16 May 2011). "Detroit federal judge John Feikens dies at 93". Associated Press. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
External links
- John Feikens at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- The Political Graveyard
- John Feikens biography at the Eastern District of Michigan
- 1917 births
- 2011 deaths
- Calvin University alumni
- University of Michigan Law School alumni
- Judges of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
- Michigan Republican Party chairs
- Lawyers from Detroit
- Politicians from Clifton, New Jersey
- People from Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan
- United States district court judges appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower
- 20th-century American judges
- United States district court judges appointed by Richard Nixon
- Unsuccessful recess appointments to United States federal courts
- Deaths from respiratory failure