Federal Judge Still Working at 95
Senior U.S. District Judge Malcolm Muir of the Middle District of Pennsylvania turned 95 last week and is still on the job.
One of Muir’s earlier memories is the end of World War I, an occasion he remembers because church bells and sirens commemorated the victory, the Williamsport, Pa., Sun Gazette reports. He remembers learning of the stock market crash that brought the Depression, and his years in the Navy during World War II.
Muir attended Harvard Law School, where the curriculum was difficult. “I didn’t do well,” he told the newspaper.
In law practice after World War II ended, “I worked extremely hard,” Muir told the publication. He said he typically arrived at the office at about 4:30 a.m. and worked until 5 p.m.
He was appointed to the bench by Richard Nixon in 1970. Being a judge is what he enjoys the most, he said in an interview last year.
Updated Oct. 27 to indicate where Judge Muir is based.
