Emanuel Mac Troutman

Emanuel Mac Troutman (January 7, 1915 – October 8, 2004) was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Emanuel Mac Troutman
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
In office September 1, 1982 – October 8, 2004
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
In office June 16, 1967 – September 1, 1982
Appointed by	Lyndon B. Johnson
Preceded by	Seat established by 80 Stat. 75
Succeeded by	James McGirr Kelly
Personal details
Born	Emanuel Mac Troutman January 7, 1915 Greenwood Township, Pennsylvania
Died	October 8, 2004 (aged 89) Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania
Education	Dickinson College (A.B.) Dickinson School of Law (LL.B.)

Education and career

Born in Greenwood Township,[Note 1] Pennsylvania, Troutman received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Dickinson College in 1934 and a Bachelor of Laws from Dickinson School of Law (now Pennsylvania State University - Dickinson Law) in 1936. He began working for the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company in 1937, as an assistant to the general counsel, becoming its general counsel in 1958, and remaining in that position until 1962. He also served in the United States Army's Adjutant General's Office, and had a private practice in Pottsville, Pennsylvania from 1946 to 1967.[1]

Federal judicial service

On May 24, 1967, Troutman was nominated by President Lyndon B. Johnson to a new seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania created by 80 Stat. 75. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 12, 1967, and received his commission on June 16, 1967. He assumed senior status on September 1, 1982, serving in that capacity until his death on October 8, 2004, in Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania.[1]

Notes

1. There are five Greenwood Townships in Pennsylvania. FJC Bio does not indicate which specific Greenwood Township is meant.

References

1. Emanuel Mac Troutman at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Sources

• Emanuel Mac Troutman at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.