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Philip Willis Tone (April 9, 1923 – November 28, 2001) was a
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of the
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and previously a judge of the
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.


Education and career

Born in
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,
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, Tone received an
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degree from
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(now the
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) in 1943 and was a First Lieutenant in the
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during
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, from 1943 to 1946. He received a
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from State University of Iowa College of Law in 1948. He was a
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to Supreme Court Justice Wiley B. Rutledge from 1948 to 1949. He was then in private practice in
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until 1950, and in Chicago until 1972.


Federal judicial service

On November 29, 1971, Tone was nominated by President
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to a new seat on the
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created by 84 Stat. 294. He was confirmed by the
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on December 2, 1971, and received his commission on January 26, 1972. His service terminated on May 17, 1974, due to elevation to the Seventh Circuit. On April 22, 1974, Nixon nominated Tone to a seat on the
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vacated by Judge
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. Tone was confirmed by the Senate on May 6, 1974, and received his commission on May 14, 1974. Tone served in that capacity until his resignation from the bench, on April 30, 1980.


Post judicial service

Tone then returned to private practice in Chicago until his death, on November 28, 2001, in
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.


See also

*
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References


Sources

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tone, Philip Willis 1923 births 2001 deaths Judges of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois United States district court judges appointed by Richard Nixon Judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit United States court of appeals judges appointed by Richard Nixon 20th-century American judges University of Iowa alumni University of Iowa College of Law alumni Law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States United States Army officers