Robert Bruce Propst (July 13, 1931 – May 14, 2019) was a
senior United States district judge of the
.
Education and career
Propst was born in
Ohatchee,
Alabama
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, seat = Montgomery
, LargestCity = Huntsville
, LargestCounty = Baldwin County
, LargestMetro = Greater Birmingham
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and graduated from
Gadsden High School. He received a
Bachelor of Science
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The first university to admit a student to the degree of Bachelor of Science was the University o ...
degree in commerce from the
University of Alabama
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in 1953 and a
Juris Doctor from the
University of Alabama School of Law
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in 1957.
["R. Propst Nominated For Award"]
''The Anniston Star
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'', Anniston, Alabama, volume 80, number 114, January 17, 1962, page 11. He was in the
United States Army
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from 1953 to 1955 and was the deputy finance and accounting officer at
Camp Stewart
Fort Stewart is a United States Army post in the U.S. state of Georgia. It lies primarily in Liberty and Bryan counties, but also extends into smaller portions of Evans, Long and Tattnall counties. The population was 11,205 at the 2000 census. ...
, Georgia.
[ He became a first lieutenant. He was in private practice in Anniston, Alabama from 1957 to 1980.]
Federal judicial service
On January 10, 1980, Propst was nominated by President Jimmy Carter
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to a new seat on the created by 92 Stat. 1629. He was confirmed by the United States Senate
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The composition and pow ...
on May 29, 1980, and received his commission on May 30, 1980. He assumed senior status
Senior status is a form of semi- retirement for United States federal judges. To qualify, a judge in the federal court system must be at least 65 years old, and the sum of the judge's age and years of service as a federal judge must be at leas ...
on July 15, 1996.
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1931 births
2019 deaths
People from Calhoun County, Alabama
Judges of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama
United States district court judges appointed by Jimmy Carter
20th-century American judges
University of Alabama alumni
University of Alabama School of Law alumni
Military personnel from Alabama
United States Army officers