Bernard Martin Decker

Bernard Martin Decker
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
In office April 2, 1980 – November 3, 1993
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
In office December 12, 1962 – April 2, 1980
Appointed by	John F. Kennedy
Preceded by	Seat established by 75 Stat. 80
Succeeded by	John Albert Nordberg
Personal details
Born	Bernard Martin Decker (1904-04-02)April 2, 1904 Highland Park, Illinois
Died	November 3, 1993(1993-11-03) (aged 89) Chicago, Illinois
Education	University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (A.B.) Harvard Law School (LL.B.)

Bernard Martin Decker (April 2, 1904 – November 3, 1993) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Education and career

Born in Highland Park, Illinois, Decker received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in 1926 and a Bachelor of Laws from Harvard Law School in 1929. He was in private practice in Waukegan, Illinois from 1929 to 1951. He was a law clerk to a Judge of the Illinois Appellate Court from 1944 to 1948. He was a Judge of the Illinois Circuit Court from 1951 to 1962.

Federal judicial service

Decker received a recess appointment from President John F. Kennedy on December 12, 1962, to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, to a new seat authorized by 75 Stat. 80. He was nominated to the same position by President Kennedy on January 15, 1963. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 28, 1963, and received his commission on April 2, 1963. He assumed senior status on April 2, 1980. His service terminated on November 3, 1993, due to his death in Chicago, Illinois.

Sources

• Bernard Martin Decker at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.