{{Short description|American judge (1906–1987)}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Gus Jerome Solomon | honorific_suffix = | image = | alt = | caption = | office = Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon | term_start = September 1, 1971 | term_end = February 15, 1987 | office1 = Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon | term_start1 = 1958 | term_end1 = 1971 | predecessor1 = Claude C. McColloch | successor1 = Robert C. Belloni | office2 = Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon | term_start2 = October 21, 1949 | term_end2 = September 1, 1971 | nominator2 = | appointer2 = Harry S. Truman | predecessor2 = ''Seat established by 63 Stat. 493'' | successor2 = James M. Burns | pronunciation = | birth_name = Gus Jerome Solomon | birth_date = {{Birth date|1906|08|29}} | birth_place = Portland, Oregon | death_date = {{Death date and age|1987|02|15|1906|08|29}} | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | citizenship = | party = | other_party = | height = | spouse = | partner = | relations = | children = | parents = | mother = | father = | relatives = | education = University of Chicago (Ph.B.)<br>Stanford Law School (LL.B.) | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | known_for = | salary = | net_worth = | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = <!--Embedded templates / Footnotes--> | footnotes = }}
'''Gus Jerome Solomon''' (August 29, 1906 – February 15, 1987) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon.
==Education and career==
Born in Portland, Oregon, Solomon was the child of immigrant Jewish parents, his father having been born in Romania and his mother in Russia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.osbar.org/publications/bulletin/06apr/heritage.html|title=Welcome to the Oregon State Bar Online|website=www.osbar.org}}</ref> Solomon received a Bachelor of Philosophy degree from the University of Chicago in 1926 and a Bachelor of Laws from Stanford Law School in 1929. He was in private practice in Portland from 1929 to 1949, first individually and then in partnership with Raymond M. Kell.<ref name="auto">{{FJC Bio|2240|nid=1388076|name=Gus Jerome Solomon<!--(1906–1987)-->}}</ref> The Portland law firm of Kell, Alterman & Runstein traces its origin to his practice.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kell, Alterman & Runstein: A Portland Institution|url=http://www.kelrun.com/firmHistory.htm|accessdate=21 August 2013}}</ref>
==Federal judicial service==
On October 21, 1949, Solomon received a recess appointment from President Harry S. Truman to a new seat on the United States District Court for the District of Oregon created by 63 Stat. 493. Formally nominated to the same seat by President Truman on January 5, 1950, he was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 27, 1950, and received his commission on July 5, 1950. He served as Chief Judge from 1958 to 1971 and as a member of the Judicial Conference of the United States from 1963 to 1965, assuming senior status on September 1, 1971, and serving in that capacity until his death on February 15, 1987.<ref name="auto"/>
==Honor==
The Gus J. Solomon United States Courthouse was named in his honor.{{Citation needed|date=December 2018}}
==See also== *List of Jewish American jurists
==References== {{Reflist}}
==Sources== * {{FJC Bio|2240|nid=1388076|name=Gus Jerome Solomon<!--(1906–1987)-->}}
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