1934
Born, Hudson, New York
1956
LL. B. NYLS cum laude
Admitted to New York Bar
1956-1959
U.S. Army—First Lieutenant, Judge Advocate General’s Corp.
1958
Admitted to Bar of the Republic of Korea
1961-1964
Corporation Counsel, Hudson, New York
1964
Assistant District Attorney, Columbia County
1968
Elected District Attorney for Columbia County (serving until 1975)
1976
Elected as one of the youngest Justices of the New York Supreme Court (serving until 1981)
1981
Appointed United States District Judge for the Northern District of New York
1985
Appointed United States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit Court of Appeals (serving until February 18, 2012)
1986
Reported as short-list candidate for Supreme Court appointment upon Chief Justice Burger’s retirement
1986-1996
Adjunct Professor of Law, NYLS
1987
Reported as short-list candidate for Supreme Court appointment upon Justice Powell’s retirement
1989
Honorary LL. D. from New York Law School
Elected to American Law Institute
1989-1990
Reported as short-list candidate for Supreme Court appointment upon Justice Brennan’s retirement
1990
Honorary LL. D. from Syracuse University School of Law
1991-1996
Member NYLS Board of Trustees
1992
Awarded Ellis Island Medal of Honor
1996
Honorary LL. D. from Albany Law School
1997
Assumes status as Senior Circuit Judge
1997-2002
Adjunct Professor of Law, Albany Law School
2004
Faculty Associate at Arizona State University College of Law
2012
Awarded NYLS’s President’s Medal (posthumously)