Mendon Morrill

Mendon Morrill
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
In office April 23, 1958 – March 12, 1961
Appointed by	Dwight D. Eisenhower
Preceded by	Alfred Egidio Modarelli
Succeeded by	James Aloysius Coolahan
Personal details
Born	Mendon Morrill (1902-09-18)September 18, 1902 Worcester, Massachusetts
Died	March 12, 1961(1961-03-12) (aged 58)
Education	Harvard College Harvard Law School (LL.B.)

Mendon Morrill (September 18, 1902 – March 12, 1961) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Education and career

Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, Morrill graduated from Harvard College in 1923 and received a Bachelor of Laws from Harvard Law School in 1926. He was in private practice in Massachusetts and in Paterson, New Jersey. In 1942, he became a first lieutenant in the United States Army.

Federal judicial service

On March 25, 1958, Morrill was nominated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey vacated by Judge Alfred E. Modarelli. Morrill was confirmed by the United States Senate on April 22, 1958, and received his commission on April 23, 1958. Morrill served in that capacity until his death on March 12, 1961.

See also

• List of Jewish American jurists

Sources

• Mendon Morrill at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.