Robert S. Gawthrop III

Personal

Birthday: 
12/2/1942
Birthplace: 
West Chester, PA
Date of Death: 
8/1/1999
Place of Death: 
Philadelphia, PA
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

U.S. Army lieutenant, Field Artillery, 1965-1967
Law clerk, Hon. Lee F. Swope, Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County [Pennsylvania], 1969-1970
Private practice, West Chester, Pennsylvania, 1970-1978
Assistant district attorney, West Chester, Pennsylvania, 1971-1978
Assistant district attorney, Wayne County, Pennsylvania, 1976-1977
Judge, Court of Common Pleas of Chester County [Pennsylvania], 1978-1988
Adjunct professor, Dickinson School of Law, 1981-1982

Education

Name of School: 
Amherst College
Degree: 
B.A.
Degree Year: 
1964
Name of School - Second: 

Dickinson School of Law - Penn State

Founded in 1834 by Judge John Reed, The Dickinson School of Law is the oldest law school in Pennsylvania and the fifth oldest in the nation. Throughout its history, the law school has trained distinguished graduates who have gone on to become leaders of the bar, of the judiciary, of government, and of business. These alumni include the first secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, five governors, three U.S. senators, and more than 100 federal, state and county judges and countless prominent lawyers and civic leaders.

Degree - Second: 
J.D.
Degree Year - Second: 
1970

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Court Name: 

Pennsylvania Eastern District Court

President Nominating: 
Ronald Reagan
Party Affiliation of President: 
Republican
Commission Date: 
12/9/1987
Termination Date: 
8/1/1999
Termination Reason: 
Death