Background
Mollison, Irvin Charles was born on December 24, 1898 in Vicksburg, Mississippi, United States. Son of Willis Elbert and Ida (Welbourne) Mollison.
Mollison, Irvin Charles was born on December 24, 1898 in Vicksburg, Mississippi, United States. Son of Willis Elbert and Ida (Welbourne) Mollison.
Student Oberlin (O.) College, 1916-1917. Bachelor of Philisophy, University of Chicago, 1920. Juris Doctor, 1923.
He received a Juris Doctorate in 1923 from the University of Chicago Law School. He worked in private practice in Chicago, Illinois, from 1923 to 1945. Mollison was the first African American appointed to a position in the federal judiciary that was posthumously converted into an Article III judgeship.
Judge Mollison was also the first African American to serve on the United States Customs Court.
He was appointed by President Truman, and confirmed by the Senate without a dissenting vote. On October 3, 1945, President Truman nominated Mollison to serve as a Judge for the United States Customs Court, to the seat vacated by Judge Thomas Joseph Walker.
He was confirmed by the Senate on October 26, 1945 and received his commission on October 29, 1945. He served on the court until his death May 5, 1962, in New York City, and was succeeded by Judge Philip Nichols, Junior.
Member Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Alice L. Rucker, August 26, 1930.