JOSEPH H. YOUNG
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, July 29, 1971 to July 31, 1987.
Senior Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, August 1, 1987 to July 31, 2002.
Inactive senior status since July 31, 2002.
Born in Hagerstown, Maryland, July 18, 1922. Attended Mercersberg Military Academy, Mercersberg, Pennsylvania. Served in U.S. Army Infantry, 1942-46 (European Theatre, Bronze Star, Purple Heart). Dartmouth College, A.B., 1948; University of Virginia School of Law, LL.B., 1951 (board of managers, Law Review). Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1951. Member, Federal, American, Maryland State and Baltimore City Bar Associations; Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference. Associate, Marbury, Miller, and Evans, 1951-52. Managing partner, Piper and Marbury, 1966-71 (associate, 1952-58; partner, 1958-71). Instructor, McCoy College of The Johns Hopkins University, 1954-62. Board of Directors, Legal Aid Society, 1958-71; Commercial Industrial Combined Health Appeal, 1964-71. Board of Directors, Maryland Division, American Cancer Society, 1958- (chair, 1969-71). Director, American Cancer Society, New York, 1968-. Chair, Board of Directors, American Cancer Society, 1978-81. Member, Oncology Advisory Council, The Johns Hopkins Hospital; Executive Committee, International Union Against Cancer, 1981-. Member, Dartmouth College Alumni Council, 1973-; Johns Hopkins Club, 1991-. Member, Rule Day Club; Lawyers Round Table; 14 Hamilton Street Club; honorary member, National Lawyers Club of Washington. Annual Layman's Award, Society of Surgical Oncology, 1982; Distinguished Service Award, American Cancer Society, 1983; Alumni Award, Dartmouth College, 1983. Office: (410) 962-2457.
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