Olin Hatfield Chilson

Born on November 22, 1903, in Pueblo, Colorado, Chilson received a Bachelor of Laws in 1927 from the University of Colorado Law School. He entered private practice in La Jara, Colorado in 1927, practicing in Greeley, Colorado from 1927 to 1928, and in Loveland, Colorado from 1928 to 1954. He was a district attorney for the Eighth Judicial District of Colorado from 1940 to 1948. He was an Assistant Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior from 1956 to 1957. He was Undersecretary of the United States Department of the Interior from 1957 to 1958. He returned to private practice in Denver, Colorado from 1958 to 1960.[1]

Chilson was nominated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on February 19, 1960, to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Colorado vacated by Judge William Lee Knous. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 1, 1960, and received his commission on March 5, 1960. He was a member of the Judicial Conference of the United States from 1970 to 1973. He assumed senior status on December 31, 1973. His service terminated on September 28, 1991, due to his death.[1]

• Olin Hatfield Chilson at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

• Papers of Hatfield Chilson, Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library
• Hatfield Chilson Recreation Center, a Loveland, CO facility named in Chilson's honor; this was at least in part due to a grant from the Boettcher Foundation in recognition for Chilson's long-time service on its board.