Harold Duane Vietor
{{Short description|American judge}}
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| office = Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa
| term_start = December 29, 1996
| term_end = July 23, 2016
| office1 = Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa
| term_start1 = 1985
| term_end1 = 1992
| predecessor1 = William Corwin Stuart
| successor1 = Charles R. Wolle
| office2 = Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa
| term_start2 = May 11, 1979
| term_end2 = December 29, 1996
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| appointer2 = Jimmy Carter
| predecessor2 = Seat established by 92 Stat. 1629
| successor2 = Robert W. Pratt
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| birth_name = Harold Duane Vietor
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1931|12|29}}
| birth_place = Parkersburg, Iowa
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2016|07|23|1931|12|29}}
| death_place = Tucson, Arizona
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| education = University of Iowa (BA)
University of Iowa College of Law (JD)
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Harold Duane Vietor (December 29, 1931 – July 23, 2016) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa.
Education and career
Born in Parkersburg, Iowa in 1931,{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Sl8kAQAAIAAJ&q=Harold+Duane+Vietor+1931&pg=PA119|title=Iowa Official Register|first=Iowa Secretary of|last=State|date=31 December 1984|publisher=Iowa General Assembly|via=Google Books}} Vietor was in the United States Navy from 1952 to 1954. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Iowa in 1955, and a Juris Doctor from the University of Iowa College of Law in 1958. He served as a law clerk for Judge Martin Donald Van Oosterhout of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, from 1958 to 1959. He was in private practice in Cedar Rapids, Iowa from 1959 to 1965. In 1965 he was appointed as a judge of the Iowa District Court in Cedar Rapids, where he served until 1979, the last nine years as chief judge of his district.{{FJC Bio|2460|nid=1389171|name=Harold Duane Vietor}}
Federal judicial service
Vietor was nominated by President Jimmy Carter on March 15, 1979, to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, to a new seat authorized by 92 Stat. 1629. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 10, 1979, and received his commission on May 11, 1979. He served as Chief Judge from 1985 to 1992. He assumed senior status on December 29, 1996. His service terminated on July 23, 2016, due to his death in Tucson, Arizona from a stroke. He still heard cases until approximately one year before his death, when he moved to Tucson.{{Cite web|url=http://qctimes.com/news/state-and-regional/iowa/harold-vietor-longtime-federal-judge-in-iowa-has-died/article_083cf204-041a-5340-896c-b11b69364125.html|title=Harold Vietor, longtime federal judge in Iowa, has died|last=Foley|first=Ryan J.|date=July 25, 2016|website=qctimes.com|publisher=Quad-City Times|access-date=2016-07-26|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160726172813/http://qctimes.com/news/state-and-regional/iowa/harold-vietor-longtime-federal-judge-in-iowa-has-died/article_083cf204-041a-5340-896c-b11b69364125.html|archive-date=July 26, 2016}}
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- {{FJC Bio|2460|nid=1389171|name=Harold Duane Vietor}}
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Category:Iowa state court judges
Category:Judges of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa
Category:United States district court judges appointed by Jimmy Carter
Category:University of Iowa alumni
Category:University of Iowa College of Law alumni