A native of
Philadelphia, DuBois graduated from the
University of Pennsylvania in 1952 with a
Bachelor of Science degree. From 1952 to 1954 he served in the
United States Army. He received his
Bachelor of Laws from
Yale Law School in 1957. While at law school, he served as a clerk in the
Civil Division of the
United States Department of Justice in 1956. After graduation, he was a law clerk to Judge
Harry Ellis Kalodner of the
United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit from 1957 to 1958. From 1958 to 1988 he worked in private practice in Philadelphia.
Federal judicial service DuBois was nominated by President
Ronald Reagan on May 10, 1988, to a seat on the
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania vacated by Judge
Clifford Scott Green. He was confirmed by the
United States Senate on July 26, 1988, and received commission on July 27, 1988. He assumed
senior status on April 15, 2002. ==See also==