Overview
Donald West VanArtsdalen (sometimes listed as Van Artsdalen; October 21, 1919 – May 21, 2019) was a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Education and career
Born in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, VanArtsdalen served in the Canadian Army from 1940 to 1942, and as a United States Army sergeant from 1942 to 1945.
He then received a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1948, and entered into private practice in Doylestown in 1948, working as a lawyer until 1970. His legal tenure also included a period in which he served as a district attorney for Bucks County, Pennsylvania from 1954 to 1958.
Federal judicial service
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