Kugler was born on March 26, 1925, in
Woodbury, New Jersey. He attended the
Peddie School in
Hightstown, graduating in 1943. He enlisted in the
United States Navy after graduation, serving in the
Pacific Theater of Operations in
World War II. He was discharged in 1946 and then attended
Temple University, receiving a
B.S. degree in 1950. He attended
Rutgers School of Law–Camden, where he was Associate Editor of the Law Review, and received his
LL.B. degree in 1953. Kugler worked for many years as a civil trial attorney with the
Camden law firm Brown, Connery, Kulp, & Wille. He was certified in the
U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey in 1954, the
U.S. Supreme Court in 1957, and the
U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals in 1960. Kugler returned to private practice, working as civil litigator with the
Haddonfield firm of Archer & Greiner. He died in 2004 at the age of 79 at
Virtua-West Jersey Hospital in
Berlin. He was survived by his wife, the former Gloria Hicks, and their four sons: George F. Kugler III;
Robert B. Kugler, judge of the
United States District Court for the District of New Jersey; Jeffrey R. Kugler; and
Pete Kugler, who played for several years in the
National Football League for the
San Francisco 49ers, including in three
Super Bowls and was a resident of
Cherry Hill, New Jersey. ==References==