Background
Mahon, Eldon Brooks was born on April 9, 1918 in Loraine, Texas, United States. Son of John Bryan and Nola May (Muns) Mahon.
Mahon, Eldon Brooks was born on April 9, 1918 in Loraine, Texas, United States. Son of John Bryan and Nola May (Muns) Mahon.
Bachelor, McMurry University, 1939. Bachelor of Laws, University Texas, 1942. Doctor of Laws (honorary), McMurry University, 1974.
HHD (honorary), Texas Wesleyan University, 1990.
Born in Loraine, Texas, Mahon received a Bachelor of Arts from McMurry College in 1939 and an Bachelor of Laws from the University of Texas School of Law in 1942. He was in the United States Army Air Corps from 1942 to 1945. He was a law clerk, Honorary
J. East. Hickman, Texas State Supreme Court from 1945 to 1946.
He was a County attorney of Mitchell County, Texas in 1947. He was a State district attorney of Texas 32nd Judicial District from 1948 to 1960.
He was a judge on the Texas State District Court, 32nd Judicial District from 1961 to 1963. He was a vice president of Texas Electric Service Company (TESCO) from 1963 to 1964.
He was in private practice in Abilene, Texas from 1964 to 1968.
He was the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas from 1968 to 1972. Mahon was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas. Mahon was nominated by President Richard Nixon on June 23, 1972, to a seat vacated by Joe Ewing Estes.
He was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 28, 1972, and received his commission on July 3, 1972.
He assumed senior status on October 1, 1989. Mahon served in that capacity until his death, in Fort Worth, Texas.
President W. Texas council Girl Scouts United States of America, 1966-1968. Former trustee McMurry University. Past board directors Harris Methodist Hospital With United States Army Air Force, 1942-1945. econometrics American Bar Association, Federal Bar Association, Fort-Worth-Tarrant County Bar Association (Silver Gavel award 1998), American Judicature Society, District and County Attorneys Association Texas (president 1954-1955), Texas Bar Foundation (life, Samuel Pessarra outstanding jurist award 1998).
Married Nova Lee Groom, June 1, 1941. Children: Jana, Martha, Brad.