Edwin DeHaven Steel Jr.

Edwin DeHaven Steel Jr.
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware
In office December 30, 1969 – July 26, 1986
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware
In office April 23, 1958 – December 30, 1969
Appointed by	Dwight D. Eisenhower
Preceded by	Paul Conway Leahy
Succeeded by	Walter King Stapleton
Personal details
Born	Edwin DeHaven Steel Jr. (1904-05-07)May 7, 1904 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died	July 26, 1986(1986-07-26) (aged 82)
Education	Dartmouth College (A.B.) Yale Law School (LL.B.)

Edwin DeHaven Steel Jr. (May 7, 1904 – July 26, 1986) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware.

Education and career

Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Steel received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Dartmouth College in 1926. He received a Bachelor of Laws from Yale Law School in 1931. He was in private practice in Wilmington, Delaware from 1931 to 1958. He was general counsel for War Materials, Inc. in 1942.[1]

Federal judicial service

Steel was nominated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on March 26, 1958, to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Delaware vacated by Judge Paul Conway Leahy. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on April 22, 1958, and received his commission on April 23, 1958. He assumed senior status due to a certified disability on December 30, 1969. Steel served in that capacity until his death on July 26, 1986.[1]

References

1. Edwin DeHaven Steel Jr. at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Sources

• Edwin DeHaven Steel Jr. at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Legal offices
Preceded by Paul Conway Leahy	Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware 1958–1969	Succeeded by Walter King Stapleton