Background
Herman, Robert Dixon was born on September 24, 1911 in Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Chester B. and Esther (Maurer) Herman.
Herman, Robert Dixon was born on September 24, 1911 in Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Chester B. and Esther (Maurer) Herman.
Bachelor of Arts, Bucknell U., 1935; Bachelor of Laws, Cornell Univercity, 1938.
Born in Northumberland, Pennsylvania, Herman received an Bachelor of Arts from Bucknell University in 1935 and an Bachelor of Laws from Cornell Law School in 1938. He was in private practice in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania between 1938 and 1958, and was an Assistant district attorney of Dauphin County from 1942 to 1944. He was a United States. Naval Reserve Lieutenant, Judge Advocate General Corps, at the end of World World War II, from 1944 to 1946.
He was a judge on the Dauphin County Court of Common Pleas from 1957 to 1970, and on the Dauphin County Juvenile Court from 1965 to 1970.
On October 2, 1969, Herman was nominated by President Richard Nixon to a seat on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania vacated by Frederick V. Follmer. Herman was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 10, 1969, and received his commission the following day.
He assumed senior status on September 25, 1981, serving in that capacity until his death, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Former board managers Harrisburg Area Young Men’s Christian Association, Harrisburg Hospital. Former board directors American Cancer Society Served to lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, World World War World War II. Member American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Navy League (president Harrisburg council 1967-1968, director), Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce, Pennsylvania, Dauphin County bar associations, National Lawyers Club (honorary).
Club: Mason (33 degree).
Married Lou C. Witmer (deceased November 1959). Married Elizabeth Dunn DeWitt, April 4, 1963. 4 children.