ROBERT Z. BUCHWALTER, judge of the Court of Appeals for the First Appellate District of Ohio and formerly judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Hamilton county, is widely known in public affairs, both of a legal and civil nature, and is a native of the city of Cincinnati, born Aug. 25, 1876.  The preparation of Judge Buchwalter for the profession of his choice was thorough and comprehensive.  After he had completed the curriculum of the graded schools and the Woodward High school, at Cincinnati, he entered a preparatory institution, the Franklin school, also located here, and when he emerged therefrom was qualified for entrance in Yale University.  He secured his degree from that college in 1899, as a Bachelor of Arts, and, returning to his native place, entered the Cincinnati Law School, from which he was dully graduated in 102 with a degree of Bachelor of Laws.  Admitted to the bar that same year, he commenced practice as a member of the firm of Robertson & Buchwalter, a combination that soon gained a reputation for fine legal ability and success in either prosecution or defense.  During his connection with this concern, Mr. Buchwalter gave decisive evidence of his possession of the qualities deemed desirable as judicial timber, and in 1916 was elevated to the bench of the Common Pleas Court, and in 1921 to the Court of Appeals for the First Appellate District of Ohio, where he since remained.  Judge Buchwalter's masterful, straightforward and considerate adjudication of the important and delicate business matters which have come before him have stamped him as one of the foremost and most popular judges in the state.  Speaking to the letter, Judge Buchwalter's law studies have not been completed, for even as a member of the bench he is still a student.  He belongs to the Cincinnati Bar Association and the Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity, and likewise holds membership in the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce.  As a fraternalist, he belongs to Avon Lodge of Masons, as attained the thirty-second Scottish Rite degree and is a noble of the Mystic Shrine, and his social connections include membership in the University and Cuvier Press clubs, in which he maintains numerous friendships.
Source:  Memoirs of the Miami Valley - Publ. Chicago: R. O. Law Co. - 1920 - Page 25