Background
Becker, Edward Roy was born on May 4, 1933 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Herman A. and Jeannette (Levit) Becker.
Becker, Edward Roy was born on May 4, 1933 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Herman A. and Jeannette (Levit) Becker.
Bachelor, University Pennsylvania, 1954. Bachelor of Laws, Yale University, 1957. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Temple University, 2003.
Partner Becker, Becker & Fryman, Philadelphia, 1957—1970. Judge United States District Court (eastern district) Pennsylvania, 1970—1982, United States Court Appeals (3d Circuit), 1982—1998, chief judge, 1998—2003, senior judge, 2003—2006. Counsel Republican City Committee, Philadelphia, 1965—1970.
Member task force on implementation of new judicial article Joint State Government Commission, 1969. Lecturer law University Pennsylvania Law School, 1978—1983. Member education advisory committee concerning Comprehensive Crime Control Act Federal Judicial Center, 1981—1990, Federal Judicial Center Committee on Sentencing, Probation and Pretrial Services, 1985—1990.
Board directors Federal Judicial Center, 1991—1995. Member faculty senior appellate judges seminar Institute Judicial Administration, New York City, 1992—1994.
Trustee Magna Carta Foundation, Philadelphia. Visiting committee University Chicago Law School, 1988—1991. Chair Rhodes Scholarship Selection Committee District II (Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire), 1996—1998.
Board member Historic Philadelphia, Inc., from 2001. Board member, advisory board American Society of International Law, 2000. Member of American Bar Association (judicial representative antitrust section 1983-1986), Judicial Conference United States (committee on administration probation system 1979-1987, chairman committee on criminal law and probation administration 1987-1990, committee on long range planning 1991-1996, executive committee 1998—2003), American Law Institute (member ALI-American Bar Association committee since 1992, chairman program subcommittee 1996-1999, advisory committee restatement conflict of laws 2d), American Judicature Society (Devitt Distinguished Service award 2002), Philadelphia Bar Association, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Flora Lyman, August 11, 1957;children: James Daniel (deceased 1969), Jonathan Robert, Susan Rose, Charles Lyman.