Lowell A. Reed Jr. (June 21, 1930 – April 11, 2020) was a

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of the

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Education and career

Born in West Chester,

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, Reed received a

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degree from the

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in 1952 and attended the

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before receiving a

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from

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in 1958. He was in the

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as a Lieutenant Commander of Naval Intelligence from 1953 to 1957. He was a

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for Judge Ethan Allen Doty of the Court of Common Pleas in

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, Pennsylvania in 1958. He was a corporation trial counsel for the PMA Insurance Group in Philadelphia from 1958 to 1962. He was in private practice in Philadelphia from 1963 to 1988. He was a lecturer in law at the Temple University Beasley School of Law from 1966 to 1981. He was on the faculty advisory board of The Academy of Advocacy at Temple University, from 1989 to 2020.

Other service

Prior to being appointed to the bench, Reed was elected to serve on th
Abington School District
Board of School Directors and was president of th
Rydal-Meadowbrook Civic Association
He has also served as an elder of the Abington Presbyterian Church.

Federal judicial service

Reed was nominated by President

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on December 18, 1987, to a seat on the

vacated by Judge

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. He was confirmed by the

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on April 19, 1988, and received his commission on April 20, 1988. He assumed

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on June 21, 1999. He died on April 11, 2020, of complications from

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. He was 89 years old.

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