Edmund V. Ludwig was born on May 20, 1928, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and died on May 17, 2016.

He was a United States District Judge.

He received an Artium Baccalaureus from Harvard University in 1949 and a Bachelor of Laws from Harvard Law School in 1952.

Edmund V. Ludwig was a Reserve Captain in the Army JAG Corps from 1953 to 1956, before returning to private practice in Philadelphia, and later Doylestown.

In 1968, he was elected a Judge on the Bucks County Court of Common Pleas and went to serve as a Clinical associate professor at Hahnemann University, and a visiting lecturer at Temple University’s Law School in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Also, for a short period, Edmund V. Ludwig served as a member of the University of Pennsylvania’s faculty in the early 80s and has held a variety of positions at Villanova University’s Law School in the late 1970s.

Edmund V. Ludwig was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on June 21, 1985.

That particular seat was vacated by the retiring former Lieutenant Governor Raymond Broderick.

He was approved by the United States Senate on October 16, 1985, and received his commission on October 17, 1985.

Edmund V. Ludwig took on senior status on May 20, 1997, serving in that status until his death

He died in Doylestown, Pennsylvania.

Edmund V. Ludwig passed away at 87 yrs old.