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Frederick van Pelt Bryan

Former judge · U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Frederick van Pelt Bryan served on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower and confirmed Jun 13, 1956.

Appointed by
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Confirmed
Jun 13, 1956
Born
1904

Appointments

  • Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New YorkDwight D. Eisenhower · Jun 13, 1956 – Apr 17, 1978

Education

  • Columbia UniversityA.B., 1925
  • Columbia Law SchoolLL.B., 1928

Career

Private practice, New York City, 1928-1933, 1946-1956; Assistant corporation counsel, New York City, 1933-1942; first assistant, 1938-1942; U.S. Army, 1942-1946; Member, Temporary State Commission to Study the Organizational Structure of the Government of the City of New York, 1953-1954; Counsel, Temporary Commission on the Courts of the State of New York, 1954-1956

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From the Federal Judicial Center’s biographical directory of federal judges.

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