predecessor successor death_place birth_place profession office birth_date term_start article_title term_end name nominator alma_mater
allan k. grim herbert a. fogel june 2 , 1973 yellow house , pennsylvania lawyer judge pennsylvania of the united states district court for eastern february 18 , 1903 april 4 , 1962 ralph c. body
 may 30 , 1972 ralph c. body john f. kennedy pennsylvania state university , university of pennsylvania
ralph c. body

ralph c. body -lrb- february 18 , 1903 -- june 2 , 1973 -rrb- was a united states federal judge .
born in yellow house , pennsylvania , body received an a.b. from pennsylvania state university in 1925 and an ll.b .
from the university of pennsylvania in 1928 .
he was in private practice in pennsylvania from 1928 to 1960 .
he was a solicitor for the pennsylvania recorder of deeds from 1933 to 1936 , a holc from 1933 to 1941 , an assistant county solicitor from 1936 to 1938 , and a member of the berks county board of law examiners from 1946 to 1960 .
he was a judge on the court of common pleas of berks county from 1960 to 1962 .
on march 5 , 1962 , body was nominated by president john f. kennedy to a seat on the united states district court for the eastern district of pennsylvania vacated by allan k. grim .
body was confirmed by the united states senate on april 2 , 1962 , and received his commission on april 4 , 1962 .
he assumed senior status on may 30 , 1972 , serving in that capacity until his death .
