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7 Ohio N.U. L. Rev. 347 (1980)
Honorable Anthony J. Celebrezze - Appreciation

handle is hein.journals/onulr7 and id is 361 raw text is: VOLUME V8N OHIO NORTHERN UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW Honorable Anthony J. Celebrezze - Appreciation George Edwards Chief Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit It gives me genuine pleasure to join the Ohio Northern University Law Review in honoring my colleague, Judge Anthony J. Celebrezze on the occasion of his retirement from full-time duties on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Judge Celebrezze, who has been with me on the bench for the past fifteen years, took senior status on Oc- tober 1, 1980. He will, however, be continuing on the court for what he terms limited duty. Anthony Celebrezze was born in Anzi, Italy on September 4, 1910, one of thirteen children. At the age of two he was brought to this country, and later attended public schools in Cleveland, and John Carroll Univer- sity. He earned his LL.B. degree from Ohio Northern University in 1936, and almost immediately began his activities in public affairs by doing legal work for the Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation. He began the general practice of law in 1939, and practiced law for many years. During the Second World War, he served this country in the United States Navy. Within a few years after that war, Judge Celebrezze began a nearly full-time devotion to public service with his election to the Ohio Senate in 1950, where he served for two terms on many important com- mittees, and was twice voted one of the top senators. As a member of the Bureau of Code Revision, he helped rewrite Ohio's laws. In 1953, the citizens of Cleveland recalled him to their city by electing him mayor, and continued to elect him their mayor for a recordbreaking five consecutive terms, the last in 1961, by an unprecedented 73.8% of the vote. During his time as mayor of Cleveland, Judge Celebrezze was elected President of the American Municipal Association (now the Na- tional League of Cities), and he served as President of the United States Conference of Mayors in 1962. Obviously, he held not only the respect of the voting citizens of Cleveland, but also that of his peers. Anthony Celebrezze never completed his fifth term as mayor. While on a fishing trip in the summer of 1962, he was chosen by President John F. Kennedy to become Secretary of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Judge Celebrezze remained in that position during the re- 1980 NUMBER 3

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