Israel Packel | |
Birth Date: | 28 December 1907 |
Birth Place: | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Office1: | Attorney General of Pennsylvania |
Governor1: | Milton Shapp |
Term Start1: | 1973 |
Term End1: | 1974 |
Preceded1: | J. Shane Creamer |
Succeeded1: | Robert P. Kane |
Office2: | Associate Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court |
Term Start2: | June 1, 1977 |
Term End2: | December 26, 1977 |
Alma Mater: | University of Pennsylvania |
Party: | Democratic[1] |
Children: | Edward W. Packel |
Israel Packel (December 28, 1907 – July 1, 1987) was an American attorney, jurist and politician. He served as attorney general of Pennsylvania from 1973 to 1974.[2]
Packel was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He attended the University of Pennsylvania and served in the United States Navy during World War II.
Packel was a superior court judge.[3]
Packel served as attorney general of Pennsylvania from 1973 to 1974.
In 1977, Packel was appointed to serve as an associate justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.[4]
Packel died on July 1, 1987, at the age of 79.