Born: March 10, 1904
Superior, Wisconsin

Died: February 13, 1980
Washington, D.C.

Leonard P. Walsh

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Nominated by Dwight D. Eisenhower on February 26, 1959, to a seat vacated by Bolitha J. Laws. Confirmed by the Senate on September 9, 1959, and received commission on September 14, 1959. Assumed senior status due to certified disability on October 5, 1971. Service terminated on February 13, 1980, due to death.

Other Federal Judicial Service:

Chief Judge, Municipal Court of the District of Columbia, 1953-1959

Education:

National University School of Law (now George Washington University Law School), LL.B., 1933

Portrait Ceremony
Transcript of Ceremony: July 24, 1975

Artist
Richard C. Henderson was commissioned in 1978 by Judge George Luzerne Hart, Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to paint portraits of both sitting and former judges of the District Court. Mr. Henderson painted portraits of deceased judges by studying black and white photographs and talking with friends and family of the judges. Within a five-year period, he produced 23 portraits. At the conclusion of his commission, Mr. Henderson continued to paint portraits and landscapess. He taught at the Ringling College of Art and Design in Sarasota, Florida, as well as at several private art schools.

Mr. Henderson is a graduate of the University of Virginia, where he majored in Art and English. He holds a Master’s degree from Vermont College of Norwich University, which is today the Vermont College of Fine Arts. He studied at the National Academy of Design in New York, working with Daniel Green, a recognized pastelist. Mr. Henderson also studied under Harvey Dinnerstein, one of several artists trained at the Tyler School of Arts at Temple University. Mr. Henderson studied at the Art Students League of New York with Robert Brackman, a Russian artist who become nationally famous after painting the portraits of Charles and Ann Lindbergh, among others.

Professional Career:

Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1933-1953
Professorial lecturer, George Washington University School of Law, 1956-1964

Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, Minn.

  • George E. MacKinnon papers, 1927-1995; 178 cubic ft.; finding aid; correspondence.
Judges of the D.C. Circuit Courts