Appointed by Jimmy Carter Succeeded by Terence T. Evans Role Judge | Name Richard Cudahy Preceded by Seat established Resigned August 15, 1994 | |
Born February 2, 1926
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. ( 1926-02-02 ) Alma mater United States Military Academy
Yale University Died September 22, 2015, Winnetka, Illinois, United States Education United States Military Academy, Yale Law School | ||
Richard Dickson Cudahy (February 2, 1926 – September 22, 2015) was an American business executive, law professor and United States federal judge.
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Biography
Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Cudahy was educated at the Canterbury School and received a B.S. from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York in 1948, and a J.D. from Yale Law School in 1955. He was a Lieutenant in the United States Air Force from 1948 to 1951. He was a law clerk, Hon. Charles Edward Clark, Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals from 1955 to 1956. He was an Assistant to legal advisor, U.S. Department of State from 1956 to 1957. He was in private practice in Chicago, Illinois from 1957 to 1960. He was a President and C.E.O., Patrick Cudahy, Inc., Cudahy and Milwaukee, Wisconsin from 1961 to 1971. He returned to private practice in Milwaukee in 1972, serving also as a member and chairman of the Wisconsin Public Service Commission from 1972 to 1975, then continuing his private practice in Washington, DC from 1976 to 1979.
He also taught, as a lecturer at Marquette University Law School from 1961 to 1966, as a visiting professor of law at the University of Wisconsin Law School from 1966 to 1967, and as a lecturer at the George Washington University Law School from 1976 to 1979.
On May 22, 1979, Cudahy was nominated by President Jimmy Carter to a new seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, created by 92 Stat. 1629, 1632. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 25, 1979, and received his commission on September 26, 1979. He assumed senior status on August 15, 1994.
In 2000, two members of Congress complained that Cudahy leaked confidential information prior to the presidential nomination of Al Gore.
Personal life
In 1956, Cudahy married Ann Featherston, who died in 1974. In 1976, he married Janet Stuart. He had seven children. He died on September 22, 2015 at his home in Winnetka, Illinois.