Ruggero John Aldisert, one of the longest serving Federal Circuit Court Judges in the nation, was born in Carnegie, PA to Italian Calabrian Immigrants, John Sansoti Aldisert & Elizabeth Magnacca. His father served for 33 years as Assistant Chief Deputy Coroner for Allegany County (Pittsburgh). He also created the Italian Sons and Daughters of America, and later, Ruggero became its national president from 1954 to 1968.
Aldisert graduated from Carnegie HS in Pittsburgh in 1937, where he was editor of the school paper and early on had law ambitions. He went on to get his undergraduate degree from University of Pittsburgh, where he was the most valued student, and was President of Omicron Delta Kappa.
He was also active in Democratic politics. As early as 1940, he was President of a Democratic Students group for FDR, and the local paper published a photo and story about he and the group meeting with FDR, Jr. in support of FDR's re-election in 1940. And In 1960, he campaigned with JFK in West Virginia.
He began law school in 1942 at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, but soon interrupted his studies to volunteer with the USMC, serving as a battery commander in the Pacific Theater (1942 to 1946) and attaining the rank of Major. Upon return in 1946 he was honored on U-Pitt's Military Hall of Fame along with several other outstanding alumni (see photo with brief bio). Using the GI Bill he received his Juris Doctor in 1947. Upon completing law school he entered private legal practice in Pittsburgh from 1947 to 1961, handling civil and criminal trials. He married his wife, Agatha Magnacca Aldisert in Pittsburg in 1955 and had a family.
From 1961 to 1968 he was Judge of the Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County. He also taught law as an adjunct Professor at his alma mater, from 1963 until 1986. After he achieved Senior status on the Federal bench, he traveled to England, Germany, Italy, the former Czechoslovakia, and to Poland in 1980 (when that nation began to rebel against communist rule) to lecture on American legal principles.
Aldisert became one of the longest serving Federal Circuit Court Judges. In fact, he is Ranked the 11th longest serving Federal Circuit Court Judge in the nation. He was Nominated by LBJ to the Third Circuit where he served from 1968-2014, as Judge, then Chief Judge, then Senior Judge, retiring only a few months before his death.
In addition to teaching law, he wrote several important books on jurisprudence. In 2005 Judge Aldisert became the first recipient of the "Distinguished Appellate Jurist Award", bestowed by the American Bar Association's Council of Appellate Lawyers, and in 2008 received the Legal Writing Institute's "Golden Pen Award."
He died following of a heart attack and was survived by his widow, children, and grandchildren.
Resta in Pace/Rest in Peace...
Aldisert graduated from Carnegie HS in Pittsburgh in 1937, where he was editor of the school paper and early on had law ambitions. He went on to get his undergraduate degree from University of Pittsburgh, where he was the most valued student, and was President of Omicron Delta Kappa.
He was also active in Democratic politics. As early as 1940, he was President of a Democratic Students group for FDR, and the local paper published a photo and story about he and the group meeting with FDR, Jr. in support of FDR's re-election in 1940. And In 1960, he campaigned with JFK in West Virginia.
He began law school in 1942 at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, but soon interrupted his studies to volunteer with the USMC, serving as a battery commander in the Pacific Theater (1942 to 1946) and attaining the rank of Major. Upon return in 1946 he was honored on U-Pitt's Military Hall of Fame along with several other outstanding alumni (see photo with brief bio). Using the GI Bill he received his Juris Doctor in 1947. Upon completing law school he entered private legal practice in Pittsburgh from 1947 to 1961, handling civil and criminal trials. He married his wife, Agatha Magnacca Aldisert in Pittsburg in 1955 and had a family.
From 1961 to 1968 he was Judge of the Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County. He also taught law as an adjunct Professor at his alma mater, from 1963 until 1986. After he achieved Senior status on the Federal bench, he traveled to England, Germany, Italy, the former Czechoslovakia, and to Poland in 1980 (when that nation began to rebel against communist rule) to lecture on American legal principles.
Aldisert became one of the longest serving Federal Circuit Court Judges. In fact, he is Ranked the 11th longest serving Federal Circuit Court Judge in the nation. He was Nominated by LBJ to the Third Circuit where he served from 1968-2014, as Judge, then Chief Judge, then Senior Judge, retiring only a few months before his death.
In addition to teaching law, he wrote several important books on jurisprudence. In 2005 Judge Aldisert became the first recipient of the "Distinguished Appellate Jurist Award", bestowed by the American Bar Association's Council of Appellate Lawyers, and in 2008 received the Legal Writing Institute's "Golden Pen Award."
He died following of a heart attack and was survived by his widow, children, and grandchildren.
Resta in Pace/Rest in Peace...
Ruggero John Aldisert, one of the longest serving Federal Circuit Court Judges in the nation, was born in Carnegie, PA to Italian Calabrian Immigrants, John Sansoti Aldisert & Elizabeth Magnacca. His father served for 33 years as Assistant Chief Deputy Coroner for Allegany County (Pittsburgh). He also created the Italian Sons and Daughters of America, and later, Ruggero became its national president from 1954 to 1968.
Aldisert graduated from Carnegie HS in Pittsburgh in 1937, where he was editor of the school paper and early on had law ambitions. He went on to get his undergraduate degree from University of Pittsburgh, where he was the most valued student, and was President of Omicron Delta Kappa.
He was also active in Democratic politics. As early as 1940, he was President of a Democratic Students group for FDR, and the local paper published a photo and story about he and the group meeting with FDR, Jr. in support of FDR's re-election in 1940. And In 1960, he campaigned with JFK in West Virginia.
He began law school in 1942 at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, but soon interrupted his studies to volunteer with the USMC, serving as a battery commander in the Pacific Theater (1942 to 1946) and attaining the rank of Major. Upon return in 1946 he was honored on U-Pitt's Military Hall of Fame along with several other outstanding alumni (see photo with brief bio). Using the GI Bill he received his Juris Doctor in 1947. Upon completing law school he entered private legal practice in Pittsburgh from 1947 to 1961, handling civil and criminal trials. He married his wife, Agatha Magnacca Aldisert in Pittsburg in 1955 and had a family.
From 1961 to 1968 he was Judge of the Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County. He also taught law as an adjunct Professor at his alma mater, from 1963 until 1986. After he achieved Senior status on the Federal bench, he traveled to England, Germany, Italy, the former Czechoslovakia, and to Poland in 1980 (when that nation began to rebel against communist rule) to lecture on American legal principles.
Aldisert became one of the longest serving Federal Circuit Court Judges. In fact, he is Ranked the 11th longest serving Federal Circuit Court Judge in the nation. He was Nominated by LBJ to the Third Circuit where he served from 1968-2014, as Judge, then Chief Judge, then Senior Judge, retiring only a few months before his death.
In addition to teaching law, he wrote several important books on jurisprudence. In 2005 Judge Aldisert became the first recipient of the "Distinguished Appellate Jurist Award", bestowed by the American Bar Association's Council of Appellate Lawyers, and in 2008 received the Legal Writing Institute's "Golden Pen Award."
He died following of a heart attack and was survived by his widow, children, and grandchildren.
Resta in Pace/Rest in Peace...
Aldisert graduated from Carnegie HS in Pittsburgh in 1937, where he was editor of the school paper and early on had law ambitions. He went on to get his undergraduate degree from University of Pittsburgh, where he was the most valued student, and was President of Omicron Delta Kappa.
He was also active in Democratic politics. As early as 1940, he was President of a Democratic Students group for FDR, and the local paper published a photo and story about he and the group meeting with FDR, Jr. in support of FDR's re-election in 1940. And In 1960, he campaigned with JFK in West Virginia.
He began law school in 1942 at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, but soon interrupted his studies to volunteer with the USMC, serving as a battery commander in the Pacific Theater (1942 to 1946) and attaining the rank of Major. Upon return in 1946 he was honored on U-Pitt's Military Hall of Fame along with several other outstanding alumni (see photo with brief bio). Using the GI Bill he received his Juris Doctor in 1947. Upon completing law school he entered private legal practice in Pittsburgh from 1947 to 1961, handling civil and criminal trials. He married his wife, Agatha Magnacca Aldisert in Pittsburg in 1955 and had a family.
From 1961 to 1968 he was Judge of the Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County. He also taught law as an adjunct Professor at his alma mater, from 1963 until 1986. After he achieved Senior status on the Federal bench, he traveled to England, Germany, Italy, the former Czechoslovakia, and to Poland in 1980 (when that nation began to rebel against communist rule) to lecture on American legal principles.
Aldisert became one of the longest serving Federal Circuit Court Judges. In fact, he is Ranked the 11th longest serving Federal Circuit Court Judge in the nation. He was Nominated by LBJ to the Third Circuit where he served from 1968-2014, as Judge, then Chief Judge, then Senior Judge, retiring only a few months before his death.
In addition to teaching law, he wrote several important books on jurisprudence. In 2005 Judge Aldisert became the first recipient of the "Distinguished Appellate Jurist Award", bestowed by the American Bar Association's Council of Appellate Lawyers, and in 2008 received the Legal Writing Institute's "Golden Pen Award."
He died following of a heart attack and was survived by his widow, children, and grandchildren.
Resta in Pace/Rest in Peace...
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