Glenn Leroy Archer, Jr.

Glenn Archer
Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
In office March 18, 1994 – December 24, 1997
Preceded by	Helen Nies
Succeeded by	Haldane Mayer
Judge of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
In office December 17, 1985 – December 24, 1997
Appointed by	Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	Jack Miller
Succeeded by	Timothy Dyk
Personal details
Born	March 21, 1929 Densmore, Kansas, U.S.
Died	July 27, 2011 (aged 82) Tempe, Arizona, U.S.
Alma mater	Yale University George Washington University

Glenn Leroy Archer, Jr. (March 21, 1929 – July 27, 2011)^[1][2] was a senior judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

Born in Densmore, Kansas, Archer moved to Topeka, Kansas where he attended public high school. Archer received a B.A. in English literature from Yale University in 1952 and a J.D., with honors, from George Washington University Law School in 1954. He served as a First Lieutenant in the Judge Advocate General's Office of the United States Air Force from 1954 to 1956. He entered private practice in Washington, D.C., as an associate in the law firm of Hamel, Park, McCabe and Saunders from 1956 to 1960 and a partner from 1960 to 1981. Archer served as Assistant Attorney General in charge of the United States Department of Justice Tax Division from 1982 to 1984.^[3]

On October 16, 1985, Archer was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit vacated by Jack Richard Miller. Archer was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 16, 1985, and received his commission on December 17, 1985. He assumed duties as a Circuit Judge on December 23, 1985. He replaced Judge Helen W. Nies as Chief Judge on March 18, 1994, and served in that capacity until December 24, 1997, when (now former) Chief Judge Haldane Robert Mayer replaced him. Archer assumed senior status on December 24, 1997. He died on July 27, 2011.

Judge Archer resided in Alexandria, Virginia and Oxford, Maryland, but subsequently moved to Tempe, Arizona.

He enjoyed boating and the outdoors; he built and used his own kayak.

His marriage to Vera Poe ended in divorce. He was married to Carole Thomas Archer of Tempe for 21 years. He had four children from his first marriage, Susan Archer of Arlington, Sharon Sibilia of Princeton, N.J., Glenn Archer III of Alexandria and Thomas Archer of Los Gatos, Calif.; and a stepson, Mark Sather of Sandy, Utah.^[4]

References

1. Govpeople.org
2. Circuit Judges
3. Bennett, Marion T. (1991). The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit: A History, 1982–1990. Washington, D.C.: United States Judicial Conference Committee on the Bicentennial of the Constitution of the United States. p. 116. LCCN 91601231.
4. Barnes, Bart (August 18, 2011). "Glenn L. Archer, Jr., judge". The Washington Post. Washington, DC. pp. B6. Retrieved August 31, 2011.

• Glenn Leroy Archer, Jr. at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.