John Feikens

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 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]}
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• Co-Chairman, Michigan Civil Rights Commission, (1964–1968)^{[citation needed]}
• Board of Trustees, (1968–1970)^{[citation needed]}
• Board of Trustees, Calvin College (1968–1974)^{[citation needed]}
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• Committee of Visitors, University of Michigan Law School^{[citation needed]}
• Director, ^{[citation needed]}

References[]

External links[]

• John Feikens at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
• The Political Graveyard
• John Feikens biography at the Eastern District of Michigan