Friendly, Henry Jacob, 1903-1986
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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