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Frank J. Magill was an American educator, author, and editor. He was the author of more than 100 books and the editor of the five-volume Masterplots series. He was also the editor of the Encyclopedia of Philosophy and the Encyclopedia of World Religions. Magill was born in Verona, North Dakota, and attended the University of North Dakota, where he earned a bachelor's degree in 1949. He then attended the University of Minnesota, where he earned a master's degree in 1950 and a doctorate in philosophy in 1954. Magill began his career as a professor of philosophy at the University of Minnesota in 1954. He then moved to California and taught at the University of California, Los Angeles, from 1956 to 1965. He then moved to New York and taught at the City University of New York from 1965 to 1969. In 1969, Magill joined the editorial staff of Salem Press, where he served as editor-in-chief of the five-volume Masterplots series. He also edited the Encyclopedia of Philosophy and the Encyclopedia of World Religions. Magill was the author of more than 100 books, including The Great Ideas: A Syntopicon of Great Books of the Western World (1952), The Great Books of the Western World (1962), and The Great Ideas Today (1966). Magill died on April 28, 2014, at the age of 86.

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Age 86 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 3 June 1927
Birthday 3 June
Birthplace Verona, North Dakota, U.S.
Date of death (2013-06-02)
Died Place Fargo, North Dakota, U.S.
Nationality North Dakota

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2022

Magill's daughter, M. Elizabeth Magill on January 13, 2022, was announced as the ninth president of the University of Pennsylvania, previously serving as the dean of Stanford Law School, and as the provost of the University of Virginia. https://www.inquirer.com/news/m-elizabeth-magill-university-pennsylvania-president-20220113.html. Magill's son, Francis J. Magill, Jr., is a Minnesota District Court Judge.

1997

Magill assumed senior status on April 1, 1997, serving in that status until his death.

1986

Following the recommendation of Senator Mark Andrews, on January 21, 1986, Magill was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit vacated by Judge Myron H. Bright. Magill was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 3, 1986, and received his commission on March 4, 1986. He took the oath and commenced service on April 1, 1986. Magill wrote several opinions in the noted case of Black Hills Institute of Geological Research v. U.S. Dept. of Justice, which dealt with the ownership of the fossil of a Tyrannosaurus rex named Sue.

1927

Frank John Magill (June 3, 1927 – June 2, 2013) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

Born in Verona, North Dakota on June 3, 1927, Magill served in the United States Navy as a seaman from 1945 to 1947. He received a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service from Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in 1951, a Master of Arts from Columbia University in 1953, and a Bachelor of Laws from Georgetown University Law Center in 1955. He then worked in private law practice in Fargo, North Dakota until 1986.