PERSONAL

• Born September 15, 1926, Chicago, Illinois.

EDUCATION

• Immaculate Conception High School, 1944.
• Elmhurst College, A.B. with Honor, 1949.
• DePaul University, College of Law, Juris Doctor, 1952.
• Elmhurst College, Honorary Doctor of Law, 1969.
• The John Marshall Law School, Doctor of Laws, Honoris Causa, 1987.
• DePaul University, College of Law, Honorary Doctor of Law, 1993.
• Roosevelt University, Honorary Doctor of Law, 1994.
• DePaul University, Honorary Doctor of Humanities, 2005.

EMPLOYMENT

• Admitted to the practice of law, 1951.
• Assistant Stateʹs Attorney, DuPage County, Illinois, 1952‐56.
• Member and partner in the law firm of Erlenborn, Bauer & Hotte, 1953‐64.
• Instructor in Business Law, Elmhurst College, 1952‐59.
• First Assistant Stateʹs Attorney, DuPage County, Illinois, 1956‐58.
• Elected Stateʹs Attorney, DuPage County, Illinois, 1959; re‐elected, 1960‐1964.
• Elected Judge of the Circuit Court for the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit, DuPage County,
• Illinois, 1964‐1970.
• Appointed United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, 1970‐71.
• Appointed Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois,
• 1971‐75.
• Appointed Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit,
• 1975 ‐ to present (designated Chief Judge, September 29, 1986 to September 29, 1993.
• Adjunct Professor of Law, DePaul University College of Law, Chicago, Illinois,
• 1978 to 1991.
• Instructor, National Institute of Trial Advocacy, 1973‐91.
• Adjunct Professor of Law, Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago, Illinois, 1992.
• Lecturer, Willamette University College of Law, Salem, Oregon, 1983 to 2014.