Background
Fox, Noel Peter was born on August 30, 1910 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States. Son of Charles and Caroline (Kokx) Fox.
Fox, Noel Peter was born on August 30, 1910 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States. Son of Charles and Caroline (Kokx) Fox.
Born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, Fox received a Bachelor of Philosophy from Marquette University in 1933 and a Juris Doctor from Marquette University Law School in 1935.
Associate Bunker, Rogoski & Dunn, Muskegon, Michigan, 1935—1937. Partner Fox & Beers, 1946—1948. Associate Robert Cavanaugh, Paul Sorensen and Harry Knudsen, 1948—1951.
Judge Michigan Circuit Court (14th judicial circuit), 1951—1962, United States District Court (western district) Michigan, 1962—1971, chief judge, 1971—1979, senior judge, 1979—1985. Retired, 1985
Member Michigan Labor Mediation Board, 1941—1944, chairman, 1949—1951. Public member Office Economic Management of Detroit Regional War Labor Board, 1942—1943.
Special assistant to director United Conciliation Service, 1946—1947. Member Michigan Youth Commission, 1949—1958. Volunteer veterans reemployment rights committeeman Department Labor, 1948.
Member Michigan Governor's Constitutional Planning Commission, 1961—1962. Chairman Michigan Governor's Constitutional Commission for Study Judicial Articles Section, 1961—1962. Chairman special public review panel of hearing officers' salaries for 3 agencies, 1963.
Panel member Seminar for Newly Appointed District Judges, 1971—1972.
Chairman Muskegon County Christmas Seal Doctor, 1956. Board directors Muskegon County Community Chest, 1955—1956, Tuberculosis Association, 1955—1962. President, member executive board Timber Trails Council Boy Scouts American, 1955—1962.
Lay trustee Aquinas College. Member of American Bar Association, District Judges Association, Grand Rapids Bar Association, Muskegon County Bar Association, American Judicature Society, Michigan State Bar Association (chairman court administration committee 1960-1962), Federal Bar Association, Alpha Sigma Nu.
Married Dorothy A. McCormick, August 1, 1934. Children: Maureen, Noel, Virginia.