Political Quotes

“Mr. President, today I wish to honor a friend and fellow Cincinnatian, Judge S. Arthur Spiegel, on the occasion of his 94th birthday and would also like to recognize him for his service to our community and our Nation. On April 5, 1980, Judge Spiegel was appointed as a United States District Judge for the Southern District of Ohio by President Jimmy Carter. He was confirmed on May 20, 1980 and began his duty on June 5, 1980. With 33 years of Federal judicial service, including as Chief United States District Court Judge for the Southern District of Ohio and by designation on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, he took Senior Status on June 5, 1995. He continues to serve on the Court as Cincinnati's oldest sitting judge and continues to handle a full docket and hundreds of cases a year. Judge Spiegel served his country valiantly in World War II in the Pacific campaigns while serving as a flying artillery spotter in an unarmed light aircraft. He was a United States Marine Corps Captain from 1942 to 1946 in the First Marine Division. Judge Spiegel received a BA from the University of Cincinnati in 1942 and obtained his LL.B. from Harvard University in 1948--postgraduate University of Cincinnati, 1949. In addition, he was awarded an Honorary Degree, Doctor of Humane Letters by Hebrew Union College, Jewish Institute of Religion in 1996 and a Distinguished Alumni Award, College of Arts & Sciences from the University of Cincinnati in 1997.…”