Robert Edward DeMascio

Robert Edward DeMascio (January 11, 1923 – March 23, 1999) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. Robert E. DeMascio married Margaret Loftus in 1955, they had three children: Robert Jr., Thomas, and Mary. Education and career Born in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, DeMascio entered in the United States Naval Reserve during World War II, from 1943 to 1946. DeMascio completed his undergraduate degree from Wayne State University in 1948 and then obtained a Bachelor of Laws from Wayne State University Law School in 1951. He was in private practice in Detroit, Michigan from 1951 to 1953. He was an Assistant United States Attorney and Chief of the Criminal Division of the Eastern District of Michigan in Detroit from 1954 to 1961, returning to private practice in Detroit from 1961 to 1966. He was a judge of the Recorder's Court in Detroit from 1967 to 1971. Federal judicial service