Biography - Samuel A. Alito, Jr.
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Samuel Anthony Alito Jr. (born April 1, 1950) is a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. On October 31, 2005, President George W. Bush nominated him to the position of Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, to replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.
Alito was born in Trenton, New Jersey to Samuel A. Alito Sr., an Italian immigrant, and his wife, the former Rose Fradusco. He attended Steinert High School in Hamilton, New Jersey. He graduated from Princeton University with an A.B. in 1972, and attended Yale Law School, where he served as editor on the Yale Law Journal and earned a J.D. in 1975. Alito's father, who is now deceased, was a high school teacher and then became the first Director of the New Jersey Office of Legislative Services, a position he held from 1952 to 1984. Alito's mother is a retired schoolteacher. Alito's sister, Rosemary, is regarded as one of New Jersey's top employment lawyers.
While at Princeton (1968-1972), Alito was a member of the school's ROTC program. Alito joined the Army Reserve and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant after his graduation from college the following year. Following his graduation from Yale Law School, Alito served active duty from September to December, 1975, the remainder of his service was in the Reserve. Alito received an Honorable Discharge with the rank of Captain in 1980.
At Princeton, Alito led a student conference which, among other things, supported curbs on domestic intelligence gathering; called for the legalization of sodomy; and urged for an end to discrimination against homosexuals in hiring by employers. During said conference, Alito stated that "no private sexual act between consenting adults should be forbidden."
Since 1985, Alito has been married to the former Martha-Ann Bomgardner, once a law librarian with family roots in Oklahoma. They live in West Caldwell, New Jersey and have two children: Philip and Laura.
According to the The Washington Post, Judge Alito's friends describe him as "a studious, diligent, scholarly judge with a first-rate mind and a deadpan sense of humor, a neutral arbiter who does not let personal beliefs affect his legal judgments."
This information was taken from Wikipedia.org. For More Information on Judge Samuel A. Alito visit... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alito
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