Background
Bentz, Warren Worthington was born on January 8, 1926 in Fairfield, Nebraska, United States. Son of Ivan Vincent and Marie Elizabeth (Weyenberg) Bentz.
Bentz, Warren Worthington was born on January 8, 1926 in Fairfield, Nebraska, United States. Son of Ivan Vincent and Marie Elizabeth (Weyenberg) Bentz.
Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering-Structures, University Michigan, 1946. Postgraduate, George Washington University, 1947. Postgraduate, University Toledo, 1951.
Bachelor of Laws, Harvard University, 1954.
Engineer, Sun Oil Corporation, Toledo, 1948-1951; associate, I.J. Silin, Esq., Erie, Pennsylvania, 1954-1958; private practice,, Erie, 1958-1985; judge, Bankruptcy Court, western district Pennsylvania, Erie, since 1985. Lecturer in field.
Past vice president Erie Philharmonic. Past board directors Erie Preservation Project. Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946.
Member American Bar Association, Pennsylvania Bar Association, Erie County Bar Association (president 1978), American Judicature Society, Pennsylvania Society Professional Engineers, Erie Yacht Club, Kiwanis (past president Erie), Sigma Chi.
Married Maria Bentz, September 9, 1951. Children: Virginia Bentz Chestek, Linda Bentz Welles, James W.