Walter Emanuel Treanor (November 17, 1883 – April 26, 1941) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
Born in Loogootee, Indiana, Treanor received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Indiana University Bloomington in 1912, a Bachelor of Laws from Indiana University Maurer School of Law in 1922, and a Doctor of Juridical Science from Harvard Law School in 1927.
[1] He was in the United States Army during World War I from 1917 to 1919, achieving the rank of Second Lieutenant.
[2] On December 11, 1937, Treanor was nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit vacated by Judge Samuel Alschuler.
[2] He was interred in Walnut Hill Cemetery, Petersburg, Indiana.