W. Wallace Kent

Personal

Birthday: 
5/1/1916
Birthplace: 
Galesburg, MI
Date of Death: 
5/28/1973
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

Assistant prosecutor/friend of the court, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, 1941-1944
Prosecutor, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, 1945-1946
Private practice, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, 1944-1954

Education

Name of School: 
Western State Teachers College (now Western Michigan University)
Degree: 
B.A.
Degree Year: 
1937
Name of School - Second: 

University of Michigan Law School

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Degree - Second: 
J.D.
Degree Year - Second: 
1940

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. District Court, Western District of Michigan
Court Name: 

Michigan Western District Court

President Nominating: 
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Party Affiliation of President: 
Republican
Commission Date: 
6/10/1954
Termination Date: 
1/6/1971
Termination Reason: 
Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Court Name - Second: 
U. S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Court Name - Second: 

Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals

Commission Date - Second: 
12/18/1970
Termination Date - Second: 
5/28/1973
Termination Reason - Second: 
Death