Background
Luongo, Alfred L. was born on August 17, 1920 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Daniel A. and Innocenza (Godio) Luongo.
Luongo, Alfred L. was born on August 17, 1920 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Daniel A. and Innocenza (Godio) Luongo.
Bachelor of Science in Economics, University of Pennsylvania, 1941; Bachelor of Laws, University Pennsylvania, 1947.
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Luongo received a Bachelor of Surgery from the University of Pennsylvania in 1941 and served as a Technical Sergeant in the United States Army during World World War II, from 1942 to 1946. He received an Bachelor of Laws from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1947, and was a law clerk on the Court of Common Pleas in Philadelphia from 1948 to 1949, and for Thomas James Clary of the United States. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania from 1949 to 1952. Luongo became an assistant United States. Attorney of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania from 1952 to 1953, then entered private practice in Philadelphia until 1961.
He was a Councilman on the Philadelphia City Council from 1960 to 1961.
On September 14, 1961, Luongo was nominated by President John F. Kennedy to a new seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania created by 75 Statistics 80. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 21, 1961, and received his commission on September 22, 1961.
He served as chief judge from 1982 until his death in 1986.
Trustee Community College Philadelphia, 1964-1970. Served with Army of the United States, 1942-1946. Member American, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia bar associations, Justinian Society, St. Thomas More Society, American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Order Sons of Italy in American M C.
Married Dorothy West, March 2, 1946. Children: Stephen, Cecilia.