[2] Van Antwerpen studied at the University of Maine, receiving a Bachelor of Science degree.
Van Antwerpen served as contracts counsel for the Hazeltine Corporation in New York City from 1967 to 1970.
[1] On September 11, 1991, President George H. W. Bush nominated Van Antwerpen to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
[3] However, Van Antwerpen's nomination languished in the Senate Judiciary Committee, and it expired with the end of Bush's presidency.
Van Antwerpen was nominated by President George W. Bush on November 21, 2003, to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit vacated by Judge Edward R. Becker.