What is Casper Platt?
{{Infobox person | name = Casper Platt | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = June 6, 1892 | birth_place = Danville, Illinois | death_date = {{Death date and age|1965|09|16|1892|06|06}} | death_place = | nationality = United States | other_names = | known_for = | occupation = federal judge }} '''Casper Platt''' (June 6, 1892 &ndash; September 16, 1965) was a [[United States federal judge]]. Born in [[Danville, Illinois]], Platt received a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] from the [[University of Illinois]] in 1914 and a [[Juris Doctor|J.D.]] from the [[University of Chicago Law School]] in 1916. He was in private practice in [[Danville, Illinois]] from 1916 to 1917. He was in the [[United States Army]] during [[World War I]], from 1917 to 1918. After the war, he returned to private practice in Danville until 1933, also working as a city attorney for Danville from 1927 to 1928. He was a judge on the Fifth Circuit Court of Illinois from 1933 to 1949. On September 15, 1949, President [[Harry S Truman]] nominated Platt to be a judge on the [[United States District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois]]. Platt was confirmed by the [[United States Senate]] on October 12, 1949, and received his commission on October 13, 1949. He served as chief judge from 1956 until his death in 1965. The University of Chicago Law School named the '''Casper Platt Award''' for the best student paper in his honor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.law.uchicago.edu/announcements/6472.htm|title=Honors and Prizes|access-date=December 30, 2011|archive-date=April 8, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150408233212/http://www.law.uchicago.edu/announcements/6472.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Danville Area Community College also named a scholarship after him.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fastweb.com/college-scholarships/scholarships/98488-casper-platt-memorial-scholarship|title=Casper Platt Memorial Scholarship|access-date=December 30, 2011}}{{Dead link|date=March 2021 |bot=Intern