Gus Jerome Solomon (August 29, 1906 – February 15, 1987) was a
United States district judge
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of the
United States District Court for the District of Oregon.
Education and career
Born in
Portland
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,
Oregon
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, Solomon was the child of immigrant
Jewish
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parents, his father having been born in
Romania
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and his mother in
Russia
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. Solomon received a
Bachelor of Philosophy degree from the
University of Chicago
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in 1926 and a
Bachelor of Laws
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from
Stanford Law School in 1929. He was in private practice in Portland from 1929 to 1949, first individually and then in partnership with Raymond M. Kell.
The Portland law firm of Kell, Alterman & Runstein traces its origin to his practice.
Federal judicial service
On October 21, 1949, Solomon received a
recess appointment from President
Harry S. Truman
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to a new seat on the
United States District Court for the District of Oregon created by 63 Stat. 493. Formally nominated to the same seat by President Truman on January 5, 1950, he was confirmed by the
United States Senate
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on June 27, 1950, and received his commission on July 5, 1950. He served as Chief Judge from 1958 to 1971 and as a member of the
Judicial Conference of the United States
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from 1963 to 1965, assuming
senior status
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on September 1, 1971 and serving in that capacity until his death on February 15, 1987.
Honor
The
Gus J. Solomon United States Courthouse was named in his honor.
See also
*
List of Jewish American jurists
References
Sources
*
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1906 births
1987 deaths
Jews from Oregon
American people of Romanian-Jewish descent
American people of Russian-Jewish descent
Judges of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon
Lawyers from Portland, Oregon
Stanford Law School alumni
United States district court judges appointed by Harry S. Truman
20th-century American judges
University of Chicago alumni
20th-century American lawyers