Tennis Star, Federal Judge Passes

Senior US District Judge Robert J Kelleher was the oldest remaining judge appointed by President Richard Nixon.  He was the captain of the 1963 US Davis Cup tennis team.  Today, the fraternity of judgeship and the fans of tennis have lost a legend.

Judge Kelleher passed away in his home in Los Angeles, at the age of 99.

Robert Kelleher was appointed to the bench by Nixon in 1970, and received cases well into his 90's.  As a judge, Kelleher presided over an espionage case that would be the basis of a book and a movie.  

As a tennis player, he and his late wife, won the mixed double championship in 1947.  He was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2000.

The impact that Kelleher has had on the country as a judge, and on the world as an athlete, is positive and remarkable.  Good bye Judge Kelleher.

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