The Honorable Abraham Lincoln Marovitz '25 (1905-2001)
Senior Judge, United States District Court
Northern District of Illinois
 A Service of Celebration
April 3, 2001
James Benton Parsons Memorial Courtroom
Everett McKinley Dirksen United States Courthouse
Chief Judge Marvin E. Aspen of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois provides introductions to
speakers and remarks throughout the service. Chicago-Kent thanks Judge Aspen for providing the
video for presentation online here.
Watch the memorial service online using RealOne Player.
Part I
- Opening of Court
- Presentation of Colors and the National Anthem
- Invocation by Rabbi Neal Brief, Ezra Habonim, the Niles Township Jewish Congregation
- Opening remarks by Chief Judge Marvin E. Aspen
- Introduction of Marovitz relatives in attendance
- Explanation of empty chair at judges' bench
- Introduction to video excerpts from interview with Judge Marovitz
Part II
The memorial service showed excerpts from Professor Ralph
Brill's video interview of Judge Marovitz, which is available here for
viewing in its entirety in formats for low
bandwidth and high
bandwidth connections.
Part III
Speakers:
- Hon. William J. Bauer
Senior Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
- Hon. Richard M. Daley
Mayor, city of Chicago
- Msgr. Ignatius D. McDermott
Co-founder, Haymarket Center; Founder, McDermott Foundation Inc.
Part IV
Representing former law clerks:
- Marvin J. Rosenblum
Sole practitioner; law clerk to Judge Marovitz, 1971-73
- Richard J. O'Brien
Sidley & Austin; law clerk to Judge Marovitz, 1979-81
Part V
Representing family and friends:
- Dr. David Briscoe, M.D.
Children's Hospital (Boston); Harvard Medical School (staff)
- Andrew S. Marovitz
Mayer Brown & Platt; grand-nephew of Judge Marovitz
Closing remarks by Chief Judge Aspen
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