Robert Dale Morgan

Robert Dale Morgan
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois
In office May 28, 1982 – May 29, 2002
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois
In office 1979–1982
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	J. Waldo Ackerman
Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois
In office March 31, 1979 – May 28, 1982
Appointed by	operation of law
Preceded by	Seat established by 93 Stat. 6
Succeeded by	Michael M. Mihm
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois
In office 1972–1979
Preceded by	Omer Poos
Succeeded by	James L. Foreman
Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois
In office June 12, 1967 – March 31, 1979
Appointed by	Lyndon B. Johnson
Preceded by	Frederick Olen Mercer
Succeeded by	Seat abolished
Mayor of Peoria
In office 1953–1957
Preceded by	Joseph O'Neill Malone
Succeeded by	Eugene L. Leiter
Personal details
Born	Robert Dale Morgan (1912-05-27)May 27, 1912 Peoria, Illinois
Died	May 29, 2002(2002-05-29) (aged 90) Peoria, Illinois
Education	Bradley University (B.A.) University of Chicago Law School (J.D.)

Robert Dale Morgan (May 27, 1912 – May 29, 2002) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois and the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois.

Education and career

Born in Peoria, Illinois, Morgan received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Bradley University in 1934. He received a Juris Doctor from University of Chicago Law School in 1937. He was in private practice of law in Peoria from 1937 to 1942. He was a United States Commissioner of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois from 1938 to 1946. He was in the United States Army from 1942 to 1946. He was in private practice of law in Peoria from 1946 to 1967. He was Mayor of Peoria from 1953 to 1957.

Federal judicial service

Morgan was nominated by President Lyndon B. Johnson on May 24, 1967, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois vacated by Judge Frederick Olen Mercer. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 12, 1967, and received his commission the same day. He served as Chief Judge from 1972 to 1979. He was reassigned by operation of law on March 31, 1979, to the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois to a new seat established by 93 Stat. 6. He served as Chief Judge from 1979 to 1982. He assumed senior status on May 28, 1982. His service was terminated on May 29, 2002, due to his death in Peoria.

Personal

Morgan married Betty Harbers Morgan of Peoria on October 14, 1939; she died in September 2010. They had two sons.

Sources

• Robert Dale Morgan at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.