Ralph Francis Scalera
Ralph Francis Scalera was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.Education and career
Born in Midland, Pennsylvania, Scalera received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Harvard University in 1952 and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1955. He was in the United States Army from 1955 to 1957, after which time he went into private practice in Beaver, Pennsylvania from 1957 to 1959. Scalera later served as an Assistant United States Attorney of the Western District of Pennsylvania, from 1959 to 1961, and a judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Beaver County, from 1964 to 1970. He was the Presiding Judge of the Common Pleas Court from 1966 to 1970, before again returning to private practice. Scalera was the Republican Party nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania in 1970.Federal judicial service
Scalera was nominated by President Richard Nixon on November 12, 1971, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania vacated by Judge John Lester Miller. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on November 23, 1971, and received his commission on November 30, 1971. His service terminated on May 1, 1976, due to his resignation.Post judicial service
After his resignation, Scalera returned to private practice in Pittsburgh. He died on January 27, 2011, in Beaver.
