12 Facts About Oliver Gasch

Oliver Gasch was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.

Oliver Gasch was in private practice in Washington, DC from 1932.

Oliver Gasch was an assistant corporation counsel for the city of Washington, DC from 1937 to 1953.

Oliver Gasch was general counsel to the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin from 1940 to 1960.

Oliver Gasch served in the United States Army during World War II, from 1942 to 1946, achieving the rank of lieutenant colonel in the JAG Corps.

Oliver Gasch was a principal Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia from 1953 to 1956, and was then the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia from 1956 to 1961.

Oliver Gasch was in private practice in Washington, DC from 1961 to 1965.

On July 12,1965, Gasch was nominated by President Lyndon B Johnson to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia vacated by Judge Edward Allen Tamm.

Oliver Gasch was confirmed by the United States Senate on August 11,1965, and received his commission the same day.

Oliver Gasch was a noted homophobe, noted in public when he twice called Joseph Steffan a "homo" in court proceedings during Steffan's federal case after Steffan, under pressure from United States Naval Academy leaders, resigned from the Academy.

Oliver Gasch served in that capacity until his death on July 8,1999, in Washington, DC.

Oliver Gasch was married to Sylvia Meyer, a harpist and the first woman member of the National Symphony Orchestra.