Eugene R. Sullivan

Eugene Raymond Sullivan is a senior federal judge based in Washington, D.C., nominated by President Ronald Reagan and confirmed by the U.S. Senate in May 1986. President George H. W. Bush appointed him as the chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces in 1990. When not recalled to active judicial service, Sullivan is a co-founder and senior counsel of the D.C. law firm of Freeh Sporkin and Sullivan LLP. Prior to becoming a federal judge, Sullivan served in the U.S. government in various positions such as a White House lawyer during Watergate and general counsel of the Department of the U.S. Air Force. In addition, Sullivan is a West Point graduate, a Vietnam combat veteran and qualified as a tanker, an U.S. Army Airborne Ranger, a Ranger instructor, and a jumpmaster in the U.S. Army. In 2010, Sullivan was inducted into the U.S. Army Ranger Hall of Fame.

A tribute to his service was read into the ''Congressional Record'' on June 5, 2002. Provided by Wikipedia