Robert Del Tufo
Robert Del Tufo | |
|---|---|
Peter N. Perretti, Jr. | |
| Succeeded by | Deborah Poritz |
| United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey | |
| In office 1977–1980 | |
| President | Jimmy Carter |
| Preceded by | Jonathan L. Goldstein |
| Succeeded by | William W. Robertson (acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 18, 1933 Newark, New Jersey, United States |
| Died | March 2, 2016 (aged 82) |
| Alma mater | Princeton University (BA) Yale University (LLB) |
Robert J. Del Tufo (November 18, 1933 – March 2, 2016) was an American prosecutor. He was the
Attorney General of New Jersey
from 1990 to 1993.
Biography
Del Tufo was born in 1933 in
New Jersey Supreme Court. He was admitted to the New Jersey Bar in 1959 and practiced law in Morristown, New Jersey, from 1960 to 1974, and in Newark, New Jersey
, from 1980 to 1986.
He served as an assistant prosecutor in
Attorney General on January 16, 1990, the day of Governor James Florio's inauguration, resigning in 1993 to join the New York City firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom.[2]
On March 5, 1994, Del Tufo married Katherine Nouri Hughes, vice president of communications for the Milken Family Foundation.[3] She was previously married to Emmet John Hughes, a journalist and aide to President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
In February 2006, Governor Jon Corzine appointed Del Tufo Chairman the Board of Trustees of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.[4]
He died on March 2, 2016, of lung cancer.[5][6] Del Tufo had been a resident of Morris Township, New Jersey.[7]
References
- ^ "The Bob Del Tufo - Marty Greenberg War". PolitickerNJ.com, December 27, 2006. Accessed April 26, 2008.
- ^ "Del Tufo Leaving Post In Trenton", The New York Times, April 29, 1993. Accessed April 26, 2008.
- ^ "Katherine Hughes, Robert J. Del Tufo", The New York Times, March 6, 1994. Accessed April 26, 2008.
- ^ "Corzine Names New UMDNJ Board Members". Office of the Governor of New Jersey, February 9, 2006. Accessed April 26, 2008.
- ^ "Robert del Tufo, 82, ex-N.J. Attorney general".
- ^ "Former NJ Attorney General Robert del Tufo Dies at 82 - Law360".
- ^ Staff. "Del Tufo Enters Race for Governor", The New York Times, February 21, 1985. Accessed September 4, 2014. "The 51-year-old lawyer, who lives in Morris Township, said that if elected, he would 'wage war' against organized crime.
External links
- Official bio, Office of the Attorney General of New Jersey. Accessed March 20, 2008.
