Biography from the U.S. Courts Library in Cincinnati, Ohio:
Noel Peter Fox was born on August 30, 1910 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, the son of Charles P. and Carolyn (Kokx) Fox. He received his elementary and secondary education in Muskegon, Michigan. He then entered Marquette University where he received a Ph.D. degree in 1933 and a J.D. degree, cum laude, in 1935.
After being admitted to the Michigan Bar, Fox returned to Muskegon and practiced law with the law firm of Bunker, Rogoski & Dunn from 1935 to 1937. He also served as the chief assistant to the Muskegon County prosecutor, who had only a correspondence school course in law and it fell to Fox to do all of the court work. He later went into private practice. In 1941, Michigan Governor Murray D. Van Wagoner appointed him to the State Labor Mediation Board.
Early in 1942, Fox joined the U. S. Navy and volunteered for combat duty during World War II. When it was learned that he had experience in mediating labor relations, he was assigned to a top-level government task force that settled labor disputes.
When he left the service, Fox returned to his legal practice and continued to handle labor mediation cases. He helped end a 100-day strike against Chrysler and other strikes at Detroit Edison and the Detroit Street Railway, before an unsuccessful bid for the office of Michigan Secretary of State in 1948. Gov. G. Mennen Williams appointed Fox Circuit Judge for the 14th Judicial Circuit of Michigan in 1951 and he subsequently won election and re-election until his appointment to the Federal bench.
On July 31, 1962, President John F. Kennedy appointed Fox to the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan. He took the oath of office on August 9, 1962. Judge Fox served as Chief Judge from January 1, 1971 to December 31, 1978. A year later he took senior status, cutting his case load in half and on November 11, 1985, he closed his office and retired. As a federal judge, he served as a member of the Trial Technique Committee of the Judicial Conference of the United States and was president of the District Judges' Association of the Sixth Circuit. Judge Fox was a member of the American, Federal and Michigan State Bar Associations, and of the American Judicature Society.
Judge Fox was married to the former Dorothy Ann McCormick, and they were the parents of three children. On June 3, 1987, died in Grand Rapids, Michigan. A funeral mass was held at St. Thomas the Apostle Church in Grand Rapids and burial followed in St. Mary's Cemetery, Muskegon, Michigan.
Noel Peter Fox was born on August 30, 1910 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, the son of Charles P. and Carolyn (Kokx) Fox. He received his elementary and secondary education in Muskegon, Michigan. He then entered Marquette University where he received a Ph.D. degree in 1933 and a J.D. degree, cum laude, in 1935.
After being admitted to the Michigan Bar, Fox returned to Muskegon and practiced law with the law firm of Bunker, Rogoski & Dunn from 1935 to 1937. He also served as the chief assistant to the Muskegon County prosecutor, who had only a correspondence school course in law and it fell to Fox to do all of the court work. He later went into private practice. In 1941, Michigan Governor Murray D. Van Wagoner appointed him to the State Labor Mediation Board.
Early in 1942, Fox joined the U. S. Navy and volunteered for combat duty during World War II. When it was learned that he had experience in mediating labor relations, he was assigned to a top-level government task force that settled labor disputes.
When he left the service, Fox returned to his legal practice and continued to handle labor mediation cases. He helped end a 100-day strike against Chrysler and other strikes at Detroit Edison and the Detroit Street Railway, before an unsuccessful bid for the office of Michigan Secretary of State in 1948. Gov. G. Mennen Williams appointed Fox Circuit Judge for the 14th Judicial Circuit of Michigan in 1951 and he subsequently won election and re-election until his appointment to the Federal bench.
On July 31, 1962, President John F. Kennedy appointed Fox to the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan. He took the oath of office on August 9, 1962. Judge Fox served as Chief Judge from January 1, 1971 to December 31, 1978. A year later he took senior status, cutting his case load in half and on November 11, 1985, he closed his office and retired. As a federal judge, he served as a member of the Trial Technique Committee of the Judicial Conference of the United States and was president of the District Judges' Association of the Sixth Circuit. Judge Fox was a member of the American, Federal and Michigan State Bar Associations, and of the American Judicature Society.
Judge Fox was married to the former Dorothy Ann McCormick, and they were the parents of three children. On June 3, 1987, died in Grand Rapids, Michigan. A funeral mass was held at St. Thomas the Apostle Church in Grand Rapids and burial followed in St. Mary's Cemetery, Muskegon, Michigan.
Biography from the U.S. Courts Library in Cincinnati, Ohio:
Noel Peter Fox was born on August 30, 1910 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, the son of Charles P. and Carolyn (Kokx) Fox. He received his elementary and secondary education in Muskegon, Michigan. He then entered Marquette University where he received a Ph.D. degree in 1933 and a J.D. degree, cum laude, in 1935.
After being admitted to the Michigan Bar, Fox returned to Muskegon and practiced law with the law firm of Bunker, Rogoski & Dunn from 1935 to 1937. He also served as the chief assistant to the Muskegon County prosecutor, who had only a correspondence school course in law and it fell to Fox to do all of the court work. He later went into private practice. In 1941, Michigan Governor Murray D. Van Wagoner appointed him to the State Labor Mediation Board.
Early in 1942, Fox joined the U. S. Navy and volunteered for combat duty during World War II. When it was learned that he had experience in mediating labor relations, he was assigned to a top-level government task force that settled labor disputes.
When he left the service, Fox returned to his legal practice and continued to handle labor mediation cases. He helped end a 100-day strike against Chrysler and other strikes at Detroit Edison and the Detroit Street Railway, before an unsuccessful bid for the office of Michigan Secretary of State in 1948. Gov. G. Mennen Williams appointed Fox Circuit Judge for the 14th Judicial Circuit of Michigan in 1951 and he subsequently won election and re-election until his appointment to the Federal bench.
On July 31, 1962, President John F. Kennedy appointed Fox to the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan. He took the oath of office on August 9, 1962. Judge Fox served as Chief Judge from January 1, 1971 to December 31, 1978. A year later he took senior status, cutting his case load in half and on November 11, 1985, he closed his office and retired. As a federal judge, he served as a member of the Trial Technique Committee of the Judicial Conference of the United States and was president of the District Judges' Association of the Sixth Circuit. Judge Fox was a member of the American, Federal and Michigan State Bar Associations, and of the American Judicature Society.
Judge Fox was married to the former Dorothy Ann McCormick, and they were the parents of three children. On June 3, 1987, died in Grand Rapids, Michigan. A funeral mass was held at St. Thomas the Apostle Church in Grand Rapids and burial followed in St. Mary's Cemetery, Muskegon, Michigan.
Noel Peter Fox was born on August 30, 1910 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, the son of Charles P. and Carolyn (Kokx) Fox. He received his elementary and secondary education in Muskegon, Michigan. He then entered Marquette University where he received a Ph.D. degree in 1933 and a J.D. degree, cum laude, in 1935.
After being admitted to the Michigan Bar, Fox returned to Muskegon and practiced law with the law firm of Bunker, Rogoski & Dunn from 1935 to 1937. He also served as the chief assistant to the Muskegon County prosecutor, who had only a correspondence school course in law and it fell to Fox to do all of the court work. He later went into private practice. In 1941, Michigan Governor Murray D. Van Wagoner appointed him to the State Labor Mediation Board.
Early in 1942, Fox joined the U. S. Navy and volunteered for combat duty during World War II. When it was learned that he had experience in mediating labor relations, he was assigned to a top-level government task force that settled labor disputes.
When he left the service, Fox returned to his legal practice and continued to handle labor mediation cases. He helped end a 100-day strike against Chrysler and other strikes at Detroit Edison and the Detroit Street Railway, before an unsuccessful bid for the office of Michigan Secretary of State in 1948. Gov. G. Mennen Williams appointed Fox Circuit Judge for the 14th Judicial Circuit of Michigan in 1951 and he subsequently won election and re-election until his appointment to the Federal bench.
On July 31, 1962, President John F. Kennedy appointed Fox to the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan. He took the oath of office on August 9, 1962. Judge Fox served as Chief Judge from January 1, 1971 to December 31, 1978. A year later he took senior status, cutting his case load in half and on November 11, 1985, he closed his office and retired. As a federal judge, he served as a member of the Trial Technique Committee of the Judicial Conference of the United States and was president of the District Judges' Association of the Sixth Circuit. Judge Fox was a member of the American, Federal and Michigan State Bar Associations, and of the American Judicature Society.
Judge Fox was married to the former Dorothy Ann McCormick, and they were the parents of three children. On June 3, 1987, died in Grand Rapids, Michigan. A funeral mass was held at St. Thomas the Apostle Church in Grand Rapids and burial followed in St. Mary's Cemetery, Muskegon, Michigan.
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