Noel Peter Fox
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Noel Peter Fox | |
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| Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan | |
| In office December 31, 1979 – June 3, 1987 | |
| Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan | |
| In office 1971–1979 | |
| Preceded by | W. Wallace Kent |
| Succeeded by | Wendell Alverson Miles |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan | |
| In office July 31, 1962 – December 31, 1979 | |
| Appointed by | John F. Kennedy |
| Preceded by | Raymond Wesley Starr |
| Succeeded by | Richard Alan Enslen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Noel Peter Fox August 30, 1910 Kalamazoo, Michigan |
| Died | June 3, 1987 (aged 76) Grand Rapids, Michigan |
| Education | Marquette University (Ph.B.) Marquette University Law School (J.D.) |
Noel Peter Fox (August 30, 1910 – June 3, 1987) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan.
Born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, Fox received a Bachelor of Philosophy degree from Marquette University in 1933 and a Juris Doctor from Marquette University Law School in 1935. He was in private practice in Muskegon, Michigan from 1935 to 1937, and was then an assistant prosecuting attorney for Muskegon County, Michigan from 1937 to 1939, thereafter returning to his private practice until 1944. He was in the United States Navy towards the end of World War II, from 1944 to 1946, again returning to private practice from 1946 to 1951. He was a Circuit Judge for the Michigan 14th Judicial Circuit Court from 1951 to 1962.[1]
