# Edwin Albert Robson
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{{Short description|American judge}}
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| name = Edwin Albert Robson
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| office = [Senior Judge](/source/Senior_status) of the [United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois](/source/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Northern_District_of_Illinois)
| term_start = April 16, 1975
| term_end = October 21, 1986
| office1 = Chief Judge of the [United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois](/source/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Northern_District_of_Illinois)
| term_start1 = 1970
| term_end1 = 1975
| predecessor1 = [William Joseph Campbell](/source/William_Joseph_Campbell)
| successor1 = [James Benton Parsons](/source/James_Benton_Parsons)
| office2 = Judge of the [United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois](/source/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Northern_District_of_Illinois)
| term_start2 = September 29, 1958
| term_end2 = April 16, 1975
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| appointer2 = [Dwight D. Eisenhower](/source/List_of_federal_judges_appointed_by_Dwight_D._Eisenhower)
| predecessor2 = [Winfred George Knoch](/source/Winfred_George_Knoch)
| successor2 = [John F. Grady](/source/John_F._Grady)
| office3 = Judge of the [Illinois Appellate Court](/source/Illinois_Appellate_Court)
| term_start3 = 1951
| term_end3 = 1958
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| office4 = Chief Justice of the [Superior Court of Cook County](/source/Superior_Court_of_Cook_County)
| term_start4 = 1949
| term_end4 = 1951
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| office5 = Justice of the [Superior Court of Cook County](/source/Superior_Court_of_Cook_County)
| term_start5 = 1945
| term_end5 = 1951
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| birth_name = Edwin Albert Robson
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1905|04|16}}
| birth_place = [Chicago, Illinois](/source/Chicago%2C_Illinois), U.S.
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| education = [DePaul University College of Law](/source/DePaul_University_College_of_Law) ([LL.B.](/source/Bachelor_of_Laws))
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'''Edwin Albert Robson''' (April 16, 1905 – October 21, 1986) was a [United States district judge](/source/United_States_federal_judge) of the [United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois](/source/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Northern_District_of_Illinois).
==Education and career==
Born in [Chicago](/source/Chicago), [Illinois](/source/Illinois), Robson received a [Bachelor of Laws](/source/Bachelor_of_Laws) from the [DePaul University College of Law](/source/DePaul_University_College_of_Law) in 1928 and entered private practice in Chicago. He became a Judge of the [Superior Court of Cook County](/source/Superior_Court_of_Cook_County) in 1945. In 1949 he became Chief Justice of that court. He became a Judge of the [Illinois Appellate Court](/source/Illinois_Appellate_Court) in 1951, a role he served in until his appointment to the federal bench.[{{FJC Bio|2034|nid=1387056|name=Edwin Albert Robson}}]
==Federal judicial service==
Robson received a [recess appointment](/source/recess_appointment) from President [Dwight D. Eisenhower](/source/Dwight_D._Eisenhower) on September 29, 1958, to a seat vacated by Judge [Winfred George Knoch](/source/Winfred_George_Knoch) on the [United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois](/source/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Northern_District_of_Illinois). He was formally nominated to the same seat by President Eisenhower on January 17, 1959, confirmed on April 29, 1959, and received his commission on April 30, 1959. He was a member of the [Judicial Conference of the United States](/source/Judicial_Conference_of_the_United_States) from 1966 to 1969, and a member of the [Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation](/source/Judicial_Panel_on_Multidistrict_Litigation) from 1968 to 1979. He served as Chief Judge from 1970 to 1975, and assumed [senior status](/source/senior_status) on April 16, 1975. Robson served in that capacity until his death on October 21, 1986.