- J. Edward Lumbard
Joseph Edward Lumbard (
August 18 ,1901 -June 3 ,1999 ) was a longtime federalappellate judge in theUnited States .Lumbard was born in
New York City . He was briefly expelled from Harvard as an undergraduate by its anti-homosexual "Secret Court" of 1920, but was readmitted in 1921. (Though evidence did not exist that Lumbard himself was homosexual, the "court" found that he had been "too closely connected" with those "guilty" of homosexuality.)Wright, William. "Harvard's Secret Court: The Savage 1920 Purge of Campus Homosexuals". New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 2005. ISBN 0312322712 ( [http://books.google.com/books?id=nfFTe43fPmwC Google Print] )] He graduated from Harvard andHarvard Law School ; for a time, he also attendedFordham Law School . During the 1920's and 1930's, Lumbard served several stints as an AssistantUnited States Attorney in New York as well as a Special Assistant Attorney General of New York. He then spent two decades as alawyer in private practice in Manhattan. From 1953 to 1955, Lumbard served under PresidentDwight D. Eisenhower as United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York. Despite a productive and successful legal career, Lumbard's youthful entanglement with the Secret Court would continue to impact his professional life. Harvard twice divulged the court's findings regarding Lumbard when he was under consideration for federal appointment.In 1955, President Eisenhower nominated Lumbard as a Judge of the
United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit , headquartered in New York. Lumbard served as an active judge for 16 years, including 12 years (1959-71) asChief Judge . Lumbard tooksenior status in 1971, continuing to hear cases on a reduced schedule; during these years, he also frequently served by designation hearing cases as a judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.Lumbard died in 1999. His chamber papers are archived at Harvard Law School, but have not yet been processed and opened for research.
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