Glenn Leroy Archer Jr. (March 21, 1929 – July 27, 2011) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

Education and career

Born in

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, Kansas, Archer moved to Topeka, Kansas where he attended public high school. Archer received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature from Yale University in 1952 and a

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, with honors, from

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in 1954. He served as a First Lieutenant in the Judge Advocate General's Office of the United States Air Force from 1954 to 1956. He entered private practice in Washington, D.C., as an associate in the

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of Hamel, Park, McCabe and Saunders from 1956 to 1960 and a partner from 1960 to 1981. Archer served as Assistant Attorney General in charge of the United States Department of Justice Tax Division from 1982 to 1984.

Federal judicial service

On October 16, 1985, Archer was nominated by President

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to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit vacated by Judge

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. Archer was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 16, 1985, and received his commission on December 17, 1985. He assumed duties as a Circuit Judge on December 23, 1985. He replaced Judge

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as Chief Judge on March 18, 1994, and served in that capacity until December 24, 1997, when (now former) Chief Judge

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replaced him. Archer assumed senior status on December 24, 1997. He died on July 27, 2011.

Personal

Archer resided in Alexandria, Virginia and Oxford, Maryland, but subsequently moved to Tempe, Arizona. He enjoyed boating and the outdoors, building his own

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. He was married twice with four children and one step child.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Archer, Glenn L. Jr. 1929 births 2011 deaths George Washington University Law School alumni Judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit People from Norton County, Kansas United States court of appeals judges appointed by Ronald Reagan 20th-century American judges United States Air Force officers Yale College alumni United States assistant attorneys general