Richard Alan Enslen
American judge
Richard Alan Enslen (May 28, 1931 – February 17, 2015) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan, Southern Division, with chambers in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Education and career
Born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, Enslen went to Kalamazoo College and then served in the United States Air Force, during the Korean War, from 1951 to 1954, and graduated from Wayne State University Law School with a Bachelor of Laws in 1958. In 1985, Enslen received a Master of Laws from the University of Virginia School of Law. He worked as an assistant trust officer with First National Bank & Trust Company in Kalamazoo in 1958. He served in the United States Peace Corps in Costa Rica from 1965 to 1968. He served as a municipal court judge in Kalamazoo from 1968 to 1969, and as judge of a Michigan District Court from 1969 to 1970. When not in public service, he maintained a private law practice in Kalamazoo. In 1970, Enslen was the Democratic Party candidate for the United States House of Representatives in the race for Michigan's 3rd congressional district seat. He lost in the general election to incumbent Republican Garry E. Brown. He returned to private practice in Kalamazoo from 1970 to 1979.
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