What is Patricia Wald?
{{Infobox officeholder | honorific-prefix = | name = Patricia McGowan Wald | honorific-suffix = | image = Patricia wald 210962.jpg | alt = | caption = Wald in 2015 | office = Chief Judge of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit]] | term_start = November 8, 1986 | term_end = January 19, 1991 | predecessor = {{nowrap|[[Spottswood William Robinson III]]}} | successor = [[Abner Mikva]] | office1 = Judge of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit]] | term_start1 = July 26, 1979 | term_end1 = November 16, 1999 | nominator1 = | appointer1 = [[List of federal judges appointed by Jimmy Carter|Jimmy Carter]] | predecessor1 = ''Seat established by 92 Stat. 1629'' | successor1 = [[Thomas B. Griffith]] | pronunciation = | birth_name = Patricia Ann McGowan | birth_date = {{birth date|1928|09|16}} | birth_place = [[Torrington, Connecticut]], U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|2019|1|12|1928|09|16}} | death_place = [[Washington, D.C.]], U.S. | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | citizenship = | nationality = | party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] | otherparty = | height = | spouse = | partner = | relations = | children = | parents = | mother = | father = | relatives = | residence = | education = [[Connecticut College]] {{midsize|([[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]])}}<br>[[Yale Law School]] {{midsize|([[Bachelor of Laws|LL.B.]])}} | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | known_for = | salary = | net_worth = | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = <!-- Embedded templates/Footnotes. --> | footnotes = }} '''Patricia Ann McGowan Wald''' (September 16, 1928 – January 12, 2019) was an American judge. She was the [[United States federal judge|