Friendly, Henry Jacob, 1903-1986

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Henry Jacob

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1903-1986

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July 3, 1903

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1903 Born, Elmira, New York, July 3. 1923 Graduated from Harvard, summa cum laude, history. 1927 Harvard Law School, summa cum laude. Editor-in-chief, Harvard Law Review. 1927 1928 Law clerk for Mr. Justice Brandeis of Supreme Court of the United States, Washington, D.C. 1928 1936 Associate of law firm Root, Clark, Buckner, Howland & Ballantine of New York City. 1930 Married Sophie M. Stern of Philadelphia, daughter of former Chief Justice Horace stern of Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. 1937 1945 Partner in law firm Root, Clark, Howland & Ballantine of New York City. 1940 Elected President of the Jewish School Service Association. 1944 Appointed by Harvard President Conant to the Harvard Law School Committee in charge of faculty appointments. 1945 Elected Trustee-at-large of the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies. 1945 Chairman of the Federation’s Building Committee. 1946 1959 Joined George E. Cleary, Leo Gottilieb and others in forming the firm Cleary, Gottilieb, Friendly & Hamilton with offices in New York City, Washington, D.C. and Paris. 1946 1959 Director, Vice President, and general counsel for Pan Am World Airways. 1954 Elected member of the Board of Directors, Greater New York Fund. 1955 Elected member of the Board of Directors, Citizens’ Committee to Keep New York Clean. 1957 1959 Appointed by Harvard President Pusey to fund raising committee for the International Legal Studies Building at Harvard Law School. 1958 1959 President, Harvard Law School Association of New York City. 1959 Appointed to United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit by President Dwight D. Eisenhower. 1959 Appointed by Mayor Wagner as member of the Commission on Hospital Care. 1959 Elected first Vice President, Harvard Alumni Association. 1960 1961 President, Harvard Alumni Association. 1964 1969 Overseer, Harvard University. 1971 1973 Chief Justice of the Second Circuit. 1974 1986 Presiding judge of the Special Court under the Rail Reorganization Act (in addition to regular duties.) 1986 Died at Park Avenue apartment, New York City, March 11. From the guide to the Papers, 1958-1985, (Harvard Law School Library, Harvard University.)

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