Albert Wheeler Coffrin
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Education and career
Born in Burlington, Vermont, Coffrin received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Middlebury College in 1941 and was a lieutenant in the United States Navy during World War II, from 1942 to 1945. He received a Bachelor of Laws from Cornell Law School in 1947, entering private practice in Burlington from 1947 to 1951. He again served in the Navy during the Korean War, from 1951 to 1952, thereafter returning to private practice in Burlington until 1972.[1]
Federal judicial service
On May 3, 1972, Coffrin was nominated by President Richard Nixon to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Vermont vacated by Judge Bernard Joseph Leddy. Coffrin was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 8, 1972, and received his commission the next day. He served as Chief Judge from 1983 to 1988, assuming senior status on January 31, 1989, and serving in that capacity until his death on January 13, 1993, in Burlington.[1] He was buried at Burlington's Lakeview Cemetery.[2]
References
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External links
- Albert Wheeler Coffrin at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.Template:WikidataCheck
- Albert W. Coffrin, Federal Judge, 73, New York Times, January 16, 1993
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- 1919 births
- 1993 deaths
- People from Burlington, Vermont
- Military personnel from Vermont
- 20th-century American lawyers
- Judges of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont
- Vermont lawyers
- United States district court judges appointed by Richard Nixon
- United States Navy officers
- United States Navy personnel of World War II
- United States Navy personnel of the Korean War
- Middlebury College alumni
- Cornell Law School alumni
- Burials at Lakeview Cemetery (Burlington, Vermont)