DAR honors Judge Horan with award
The General Richard Butler Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution presented U.S. District Judge Marilyn Horan, a former jurist in Butler County Common Pleas Court, with the “Women in American History Award.”
About 30 members of the chapter and the Butler County commissioners attended a luncheon at the Brick House restaurant on Main Street Saturday for the award presentation.
“It's a tremendous honor to be recognized by this organization especially in my hometown,” Horan said before the ceremony.
“Judge Horan is very highly respected and regarded for her legal and judicial capabilities,” said Diana Grady, a regent with the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Washington, D.C., who presented Horan with a certificate and a medal.
“I'm very honored and appreciate the recognition from the DAR, Horan said.
She told the DAR members that she will be sworn in Monday, but has been working behind her new bench since Oct. 9.
Her seat in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania was previously held by the late Judge Gary Lancaster, who died five years ago, but it holds another place in history. The seat was the first one established for that district court.
“This is the first seat in the Western District of Pennsylvania,” Horan said.
The appointment of a federal judge is the culmination of the efforts of all three branches of government, she said. The president nominates, the Senate confirms and the judge joins the judiciary.
“That's a rare occasion,” she said.
Her commute to work is now much longer than it used to be, but she and her husband, Joseph Caparosa, still live in Butler, where she was born and raised. She and her husband have four children.
“This is the community I really sought to serve,” Horan said.
