Edward Gaulkin
Edward Gaulkin (April 23, 1903 – June 12, 1993) was an American jurist and prosecutor from New Jersey. Born in Minsk, Russia, he emigrated to the United States in 1906. Gaulkin he attended Columbia University, Denver University Law School, and New York University Law School. He was admitted to the Bar in 1929. He was the Livingston Township Recorder and the Township Attorney in the 1930s and 1940s, was the Deputy Essex County Surrogate from 1947–48, and the First Assistant Essex County Prosecutor from 1948-49. Governor Alfred Driscoll appointed him Essex County Prosecutor in 1952, and then as Deputy Attorney General of New Jersey. Driscoll named him to serve as a County Court Judge in 1953, and Governor Robert B. Meyner named him to the Superior Court in 1958. From 1958 until his retirement in 1973, Gaulkin served as a New Jersey Appellate Court Judge.[1] His son, Geoffrey Gaulkin, later served as a Superior Court Judge.[2]