Olin Hatfield Chilson
Olin Hatfield Chilson | |
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Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado | |
In office December 31, 1973 – September 28, 1991 | |
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado | |
In office March 5, 1960 – December 31, 1973 | |
Appointed by | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
Preceded by | William Lee Knous |
Succeeded by | Richard Paul Matsch |
Personal details | |
Born | Olin Hatfield Chilson November 22, 1903 Pueblo, Colorado |
Died | September 28, 1991 | (aged 87)
Education | University of Colorado Law School (LL.B.) |
Olin Hatfield Chilson (November 22, 1903 – September 28, 1991) was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado.
Education and career[]
Born on November 22, 1903, in Pueblo, Colorado, Chilson received a Bachelor of Laws in 1927 from the University of Colorado Law School. He entered private practice in La Jara, Colorado in 1927, practicing in Greeley, Colorado from 1927 to 1928, and in Loveland, Colorado from 1928 to 1954. He was a district attorney for the Eighth Judicial District of Colorado from 1940 to 1948. He was an Assistant Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior from 1956 to 1957. He was Undersecretary of the United States Department of the Interior from 1957 to 1958. He returned to private practice in Denver, Colorado from 1958 to 1960.[1]
Federal judicial service[]
Chilson was nominated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on February 19, 1960, to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Colorado vacated by Judge William Lee Knous. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 1, 1960, and received his commission on March 5, 1960. He was a member of the Judicial Conference of the United States from 1970 to 1973. He assumed senior status on December 31, 1973. His service terminated on September 28, 1991, due to his death.[1]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Olin Hatfield Chilson at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
Sources[]
- Olin Hatfield Chilson at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
External links[]
- 1903 births
- 1991 deaths
- University of Colorado Law School alumni
- Judges of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado
- United States district court judges appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower
- 20th-century American judges
- United States Department of the Interior officials
- District attorneys in Colorado