Robert Lowe Kunzig

American judge (1918–1982)

Robert Lowe Kunzig (October 31, 1918 – February 21, 1982) was an American attorney and judge. He served as a prosecutor during the Nuremberg trials from 1946 to 1947 and successfully prosecuted Ilse Koch . He was counsel for the House Un-American Activities Committee from 1953 to 1955, executive director of the Civil Aeronautics Board from 1955 to 1958, a member of the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission from 1958 to 1961, and administrator of the General Services Administration from 1969 to 1972. He was nominated by President Richard Nixon as a judge on the United States Court of Claims and served from 1972 to 1982.

Early life and education

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Born October 31, 1918, in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania, Kunzig received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1939, and a Juris Doctor from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1942.

Career

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Kunzig served as a captain in the United States Army during World War II from 1942 to 1946. He was a prosecutor during the Nuremberg trials from 1946 to 1947 and successfully prosecuted Ilse Koch. He served He was in private practice in Philadelphia from 1948 to 1969. He was deputy attorney general for the State of Pennsylvania from 1948 to 1953. He was counsel for the House Un-American Activities Committee of the United States House of Representatives from 1953 to 1955.

Kunzig was legal adviser to the Chairman and Executive Director of the Civil Aeronautics Board in Washington, D.C. from 1955 to 1958. He was a member of the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission in Washington, D.C. from 1958 to 1961. He was an administrative assistant for United States Senator Hugh Scott from 1963 to 1966. He was executive director of the General State Authority for the State of Pennsylvania from 1967 to 1968. He was Administrator of the General Services Administration from 1969 to 1972.

Additionally, Kunzig managed the United States Senate campaign of United States Senator Hugh Scott in 1964, the campaign of Arlen Specter for District Attorney of Philadelphia in 1965 and the campaign of Raymond P. Shafer for Governor of Pennsylvania in 1966.

Kunzig was nominated by President Richard Nixon on November 18, 1971, to a seat on the United States Court of Claims vacated by Judge Don Nelson Laramore . He was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 2, 1971, and received his commission on January 3, 1972.

He died February 21, 1982, in Washington, D.C.,

and was interred at West Laurel Hill Cemetery in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania .

References

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Citations

 ["Kunzig, Robert Lowe"](https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/kunzig-robert-lowe)
. _www.fjc.gov_. Federal Judicial Center. Retrieved July 18, 2026.

1. ↑ "ROBERT KUNZIG, 63; JUDGE AND EX-CHIEF OF GENERAL SERVICES" . www.nytimes.com. The New York Times. Retrieved July 18, 2026.
2. ↑ "Robert L. Kunzig, 63, U.S. judge since '72" . _The Philadelphia Inquirer _. February 24, 1982. p. 53. Retrieved June 1, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
3. ↑ "Kunzig, Robert Lowe - Federal Judicial Center" . www.fjc.gov.
4. ↑ "Obituary: Robert Lowe Kunzig" . _New York Daily News _. Washington. UPI. February 24, 1982. p. 57. Retrieved June 1, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
5. ↑ "Robert Lowe Kunzig" . remembermyjourney.com. webCemeteries. Retrieved July 17, 2026.

Sources

• Bennett, Marion T. (1977). The United States Court of Claims: The Judges, 1855-1976 . Committee on the Bicentennial of Independence and the Constitution of the Judicial Conference of the United States.

Further reading

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• Hearings Before the Committee on Un-American Activities House of Representatives Eighty-Third Congress First Session , Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1953

External links

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• Robert Lowe Kunzig at Find a Grave

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