Prentice Marshall

Prentice Henry Marshall (August 7, 1926 – May 24, 2004) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Early life and education

Born in Oak Park, Illinois, Marshall graduated from Oak Park High School (now Oak Park and River Forest High School) in 1944 and then served two years in the United States Navy. Under the G.I. Bill, he studied at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in 1949. While there he was a member of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. Marshall then earned a Juris Doctor from the University of Illinois College of Law in 1951.

Professional career

A Democrat, Marshall worked in private legal practice in Chicago from 1953 until 1967 at Johnston, Thompson, Raymond & Mayer (which later became known as Jenner & Block), becoming partner in 1961. While at Jenner, Marshall also served as a special assistant attorney general for the state of Illinois from 1964 until 1967. Marshall also built a reputation for starting Jenner's pro bono legal program. Marshall then served as a law professor at the University of Illinois College of Law from 1967 until 1973 and as a hearing officer for the Illinois Fair Employment Practices Commission from 1967 until 1972.

Death

Marshall died of cardiac pulmonary failure and bladder cancer on May 24, 2004, in Ponce Inlet, Florida.

Personal

Marshall married Lorelei Towle in 1948. The couple had four children. Lorelei Marshall died in 2005 at age 78. Marshall and his wife sold their house in Wheaton, Illinois in 1978 and moved to Chicago. They moved to Florida in 1990. Marshall's wife told the New York Times in 2004 that he once interviewed for the job of commissioner of baseball.