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Digitized from Box 5 of the White House Press Releases at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 11, 1974
Office of the White House Press Secretary
THE WHITE HOUSE
The Fresident today announced his intention to nominate William J.
Bauer, of Elmhurst, Illinois, to be a United States Circuit Judge for
the Seventh Circuit. He will succeed Otto Kerner who resigned
July 22, 1974.
Mr. Bauer is presently a U. S. District Judge for the Northern District
of Illinois, serving since November 10, 1971. From 1970 to 1971 he
was United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois. In
1964 he became Judge of the Circuit Court for the Eighteenth Circuit
of Illinois. Prior to that he had served with law firms in Wheaton,
and Elmhurst, Illinois.
He received his B. A. degree from Elmhurst College in 1949 and
his J. D. degree from the DePaul University in 1952. Mr. Bauer
is married and has two children. He resides in Elmhurst, Illinois.
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