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Timothy Sylvester Hogan, son of Timothy S. Hogan and Mary Adele (Deasey) Hogan, was born on September 23, 1909 in Wellston, Ohio. From 1915 to 1922, Hogan attended St. Joseph Academy in Columbus, Ohio. He transferred to Campion Academy, Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, where he graduated in 1926.1 He enrolled at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio in September, 1926, and received his A.B. degree in 1930.2
Hogan began his legal education at the University of Cincinnati, College of Law in September, 1928, and received his J.D. in 1931, graduating first in his class. That same year he became a member of the Ohio bar and joined the law firm of Nichols, Wood, Marx & Ginter in Cincinnati. He served as an assistant attorney general of Ohio from 1938 to 1941. When World War II broke out, Hogan joined the U.S. Army Air Corps and served primarily with the military government in the European theater as a Lieutenant Colonel until 1946. Upon his discharge from the service, Judge Hogan became a partner in the law firm of Cohen, Baron, Todd & Hogan, in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he practiced law for thirty-five years.3
President Lyndon B. Johnson nominated Hogan to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio on September 30, 1966. The Senate confirmed the nomination in early November and he took his judicial oath on November 10, 1966.4 Judge Hogan has been called a "twin" to Judge David S. Porter, who became a U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Ohio on the same day. They were born on the same day, both were graduates of the University of Cincinnati, College of Law, both had three children, the second of which was a daughter named Margaret, and both had their chambers and courtrooms in the same building on the same floor.5
Judge Hogan became the first Chief Judge of the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio on September 18, 1975 and served until September 19, 1977. He assumed Senior District Judge status on September 24, 1979.6
Judge Hogan served his community on and off the bench. He lectured on trial practice at the University of Cincinnati during the years 1950 to 1962. He was a member of the Clermont County (Ohio) Planning Commission from 1958 to 1962. In 1952, he acted as a delegate-at-large at the Ohio Democratic National Convention and served from 1958 to 1962 as a member of the Hamilton County (Ohio) Democratic Policy Committee. He was a member of the Federal, Ohio, Cincinnati, and Clermont County Bar Associations. He was also a member of the Order of the Coif.7
On December 27, 1934, Hogan married Evalon Roberts and they have three children: Nancy (Hogan) Dutton, Margaret (Hogan) Wyant, and Timothy S. Hogan.8 Judge Hogan died January 30, 1989, in Cincinnati and was buried at the Gate of Heaven Cemetery.9 |
