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Morton Isaac Abramowitz (b. 1933) —
also known as Morton I. Abramowitz —
of Massachusetts; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Lakewood, Ocean
County, N.J., January
20, 1933.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul in Hong Kong, 1963-66; U.S. Ambassador to Thailand, 1978-81; Turkey, 1989-91.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Phi Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2014.
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Robert Ernest Andrews (b. 1957) —
also known as Robert E. Andrews; Rob
Andrews —
of Bellmawr, Camden
County, N.J.; Haddon Heights, Camden
County, N.J.
Born in Camden, Camden
County, N.J., August
4, 1957.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 1st District, 1990-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
candidate for Governor of
New Jersey, 1997; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 2008.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2014.
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Lawrence A. Appley (1904-1997) —
of Glen Ridge, Essex
County, N.J.; Hamilton, Madison
County, N.Y.
Born in Nyack, Rockland
County, N.Y., April
22, 1904.
Republican. Personnel manager, Buffalo Division, Socony Vacuum Oil
Company, 1930-34; vice-president, Vick Chemical
Company, 1941-46; vice-president, Montgomery Ward department
stores, 1946-48; president, American Management Association,
1948-68; member, Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55.
Baptist.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Chi Phi;
Delta
Sigma Rho.
Died in Hamilton, Madison
County, N.Y., April 4,
1997 (age 92 years, 347
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Joseph Earl Appley and Jessie (Moore) Appley; married, September
1, 1927, to Ruth G. Wilson. |
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David Armstrong (c.1879-1963) —
of Rahway, Union
County, N.J.
Born about 1879.
Lawyer;
mayor
of Rahway, N.J., 1943-44.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in Rahway Memorial Hospital,
Rahway, Union
County, N.J., October
9, 1963 (age about 84
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Albion Barber. |
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Harry Morgan Ayres (1881-1948) —
also known as Harry M. Ayres —
of Westport, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Woodbury, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Montclair Heights, Montclair, Essex
County, N.J., October
6, 1881.
Democrat. University
professor; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Westport, 1923-24.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Modern
Language Association.
Died November
20, 1948 (age 67 years, 45
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Morgan Willcox Ayres and Sarah Ella (Roe) Ayres; married, June 6,
1905, to Amy Wentworth Sawyer. |
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Jane E. Barus (b. 1892) —
of Montclair, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., 1892.
Delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Essex County,
1947.
Female.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; League of Women
Voters.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Maxwell Barus. |
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Jack E. Bronston (b. 1922) —
of Jamaica, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Plainfield, Union
County, N.J., January
10, 1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; lawyer;
member of New York
state senate, 1959-78 (5th District 1959-65, 11th District 1966,
9th District 1967-78); defeated, 1956.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Herbert Brownell Jr. (1904-1996) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Peru, Nemaha
County, Neb., February
20, 1904.
Republican. Lawyer;
counsel for hotel
associations; author, "Manual of New York Hotel
and Restaurant
Law"; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 10th District, 1933-37;
defeated, 1931; delegate to Republican National Convention from New
York, 1936,
1944,
1948;
campaign manager, Thomas
E. Dewey for Governor of New York and for President; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1944-46; U.S.
Attorney General, 1953-57.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi Beta Kappa; Delta
Upsilon; Sigma
Delta Chi; Phi
Delta Phi; Order of
the Coif.
Died of cancer,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 1,
1996 (age 92 years, 71
days).
Interment at Hilltop Cemetery, Mendham, N.J.
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Nicholas Murray Butler (1862-1947) —
of Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., April 2,
1862.
Republican. University
professor; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from New Jersey, 1888;
President
of Columbia University, 1901-45; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1904,
1912,
1916,
1920,
1924,
1928
(speaker),
1932;
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1912; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1920,
1928;
co-recipient of Nobel
Peace Prize in 1931; elected (Wet) delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment 1933, but did not
serve; blind
in his later years.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Philosophical Society; American
Historical Association; Psi
Upsilon; Phi Beta Kappa.
Died, of bronchio-pneumonia,
in St. Luke's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
7, 1947 (age 85 years, 249
days).
Interment at Cedar
Lawn Cemetery, Paterson, N.J.
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Clarence Edwards Case (1877-1961) —
also known as Clarence E. Case —
of Somerville, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., September
24, 1877.
Republican. Lawyer; Somerset
County Judge, 1910-13; member of New
Jersey state senate from Somerset County, 1918-29; Governor of
New Jersey, 1920; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1929-46, 1948-52; chief
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1946-48.
Christian
Reformed. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Phi Beta Kappa; Delta
Upsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; Rotary.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in Somerset Hospital,
Somerville, Somerset
County, N.J., September
3, 1961 (age 83 years, 344
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Clifford Philip Case (1904-1982) —
also known as Clifford P. Case —
of Rahway, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Franklin Park, Somerset
County, N.J., April
16, 1904.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Union County, 1943-44; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 6th District, 1945-53; resigned
1953; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1955-79; defeated in primary, 1978;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1956,
1964,
1968;
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1968.
Presbyterian.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American Bar
Association; Elks;
Phi Beta Kappa; Delta
Upsilon; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died, from lung
cancer, in Georgetown University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., March 5,
1982 (age 77 years, 323
days).
Interment at New Somerville Cemetery, Somerville, N.J.
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Alfred C. Clapp (b. 1903) —
of Montclair, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in 1903.
Republican. Lawyer; law
professor; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Essex County,
1947; member of New
Jersey state senate from Essex County, 1948-53; defeated, 1959;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1960.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Law Institute; American
Judicature Society; Phi Beta Kappa.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Woolsey Cole (1906-1978) —
also known as Charles W. Cole —
of Amherst, Hampshire
County, Mass.; New York.
Born in Montclair, Essex
County, N.J., February
8, 1906.
University
professor; President
of Amherst College, 1946-60; U.S. Ambassador to Chile, 1961-64.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; American
Association of University Professors; Council on
Foreign Relations; Phi Beta Kappa; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Delta
Sigma Rho; American
Historical Association; American
Economic Association.
Died in 1978
(age about
72 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Felix Cole (1887-1969) —
of Washington,
D.C.; Montclair, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., October
12, 1887.
Newspaper
reporter; lawyer;
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Petrograd, as of 1916-17; U.S. Consul General in Warsaw, as of 1929; Algiers, as of 1938-43; U.S. Minister to Ethiopia, 1945; U.S. Ambassador to Ceylon, 1948-49.
Member, Order of
the Coif; Psi
Upsilon; Phi Beta Kappa.
Died in 1969
(age about
81 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Fred Pierce Corson (1896-1985) —
also known as Fred P. Corson —
of Jackson Heights, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; Port Washington, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Cornwall, Lebanon
County, Pa.
Born in Millville, Cumberland
County, N.J., April
11, 1896.
Methodist
minister; president,
Dickinson College, 1934-44; Methodist Bishop of Philadelphia,
1944-68; offered prayer, Republican National Convention, 1948,
1952;
offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1948.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Union
League; Rotary;
Kappa
Sigma; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Phi Beta Kappa.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage after a fall, in
St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., February
16, 1985 (age 88 years, 311
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jeremiah Corson and Mary (Payne) Corson; married 1922 to
Frances Blount Beaman. |
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Jon Stevens Corzine (b. 1947) —
also known as Jon Corzine —
of Hoboken, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Taylorville, Christian
County, Ill., January
1, 1947.
Democrat. Business
executive; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 2001-06; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Jersey, 2004,
2008
(delegation chair); Governor of
New Jersey, 2006-10; defeated, 2009.
Dutch
ancestry. Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Phi Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2014.
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Nathaniel Davis (1925-2011) —
of Hoboken, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., April
12, 1925.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Minister to Bulgaria, 1965-66; U.S. Ambassador to Guatemala, 1968-71; Chile, 1971-73; Switzerland, 1975-77.
Congregationalist.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; American
Historical Association.
Died May 16,
2011 (age 86 years, 34
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Frederick Samuel Fish (b. 1852) —
also known as Frederick S. Fish —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.; South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., February
5, 1852.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1884; member of
New
Jersey state senate from Essex County, 1885-87; director and
general counsel, Studebaker Brothers Manufacturing Company;
president, Studebaker Vehicle
Company; chairman, Studebaker Corporation.
Baptist.
Member, Psi
Upsilon; Phi Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Clay Fish and Clara (Jones) Fish; married, June 16,
1887, to Grace A. Studebaker. |
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Louis Joseph Freeh (b. 1950) —
also known as Louis J. Freeh —
of New York.
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., January
6, 1950.
Lawyer;
FBI
agent; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1991-93;
director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1993-2001.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2014.
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Frederick Wilson Hall (1908-1984) —
of Bound Brook, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., February
22, 1908.
Democrat. Lawyer;
superior court judge in New Jersey, 1953-59; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1959-75.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Law Institute; Phi Beta Kappa; Chi Psi.
Died July 7,
1984 (age 76 years, 136
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Peter B. Hall and Rachel (Crispin) Hall; married, July 18,
1936, to Jane R. Armstrong. |
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Alan B. Handler (b. 1931) —
of New Jersey.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., July 20,
1931.
Superior court judge in New Jersey, 1967-76; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1977-.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 1994.
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Edward Lawrence Katzenbach (1878-1934) —
also known as Edward L. Katzenbach —
of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., October
21, 1878.
Lawyer;
counsel for banks and
paper
companies; New
Jersey state attorney general, 1924-29.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the Revolution; Phi Beta Kappa; Rotary.
Died in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., December
18, 1934 (age 56 years, 58
days).
Interment at Ewing
Cemetery, Ewing, N.J.
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Frederick Bernard Lacey (b. 1920) —
also known as Frederick B. Lacey —
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., September
9, 1920.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for New Jersey, 1969-71; U.S.
District Judge for New Jersey, 1971-82.
Member, Order of
the Coif; Phi Beta Kappa.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frederick Robert Lacey and Mary Agnes (Armstrong) Lacey; married,
May
20, 1944, to Mary C. Stoneham. |
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Corliss Lamont (1902-1995) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Englewood, Bergen
County, N.J., March
28, 1902.
Socialist. Author; lecturer;
arrested
on June 27, 1934, while picketing
in support of a labor
union at a furniture plant in Jersey City, N.J.; chairman,
National Council of American-Soviet Friendship, 1943-47; this
organization and its leaders were investigated
for subversion
by the U.S. House Committee on Un-American Activities; charged
in 1946 with contempt
of Congress for his refusal to provide records demanded by the
committee; in 1951, the U.S. State Department denied a
passport to him, based on his membership in what were deemed "Communist-front
organizations"; on August 17, 1954, the U.S. Senate cited
him with contempt
of Congress for refusing to testify before Sen. Joseph
R. McCarthy's subcommittee; subsequently indicted;
pleaded not guilty; the indictment was dismissed in 1955; the Court
of Appeals upheld the dismissal in 1956; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1952 (American Labor), 1958 (Independent
Socialist).
Member, American Civil
Liberties Union; NAACP;
Phi Beta Kappa; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died, of heart
failure, in Ossining, Westchester
County, N.Y., April
26, 1995 (age 93 years, 29
days).
Interment at Brookside
Cemetery, Englewood, N.J.
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Dana Gardner Munro (1892-1990) —
also known as Dana G. Munro —
of New Jersey.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., July 18,
1892.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; economist;
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul in Valparaiso, 1920-21; U.S. Minister to Haiti, 1930-32.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta
Phi; Phi Beta Kappa.
Died in 1990
(age about
97 years).
Interment somewhere
in Waquoit, Mass.
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Kevin Sung-Min Park (b. 1983) —
also known as Kevin Park —
of Edison, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in a hospital,
Columbia, Howard
County, Md., May 5,
1983.
Intern or volunteer staff for U.S. Sen. Frank
Lautenberg, Gov. Ruth
Ann Minner, U.S. Rep. Mike
Ferguson; presidential candidate.
Christian.
Korean
ancestry. Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Rotary;
Odd
Fellows; Phi Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2004.
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Relatives:
Grandson of Sung-Koo Chi. |
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Anne M. Patterson (b. 1959) —
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., April
15, 1959.
Lawyer;
associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 2011-.
Female.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2016.
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Robert Porter Patterson (1891-1952) —
also known as Robert P. Patterson —
of Cold Spring, Putnam
County, N.Y.
Born in Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y., February
12, 1891.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1930-39; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1939-40; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1945-47.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Theta; American
Legion.
Killed, along with 22 other passengers and crew, and seven people on
the ground, in a plane
crash during rain and
heavy fog, in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., January
22, 1952 (age 60 years, 344
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Deborah T. Poritz (b. 1936) —
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
26, 1936.
Lawyer;
chief counsel to Gov. Thomas
H. Kean, 1989-90; New
Jersey state attorney general, 1994-96; chief
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1996-2006.
Female.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2011.
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Roland Roger Renne (1905-1989) —
also known as Roland Renne —
of Bozeman, Gallatin
County, Mont.
Born in Greenwich, Cumberland
County, N.J., December
12, 1905.
Democrat. Economist;
college
professor; president,
Montana State College, Bozeman, 1943-64; candidate for Governor of
Montana, 1964.
Presbyterian
or Unitarian.
Member, Rotary;
American
Economic Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Phi Beta Kappa;
Phi
Kappa Phi; Alpha
Zeta.
Died August
30, 1989 (age 83 years, 261
days).
Interment at Sunset
Hills Cemetery, Bozeman, Mont.
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Arthur J. Sills (1917-1982) —
of Metuchen, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
23, 1917.
Democrat. Lawyer; New
Jersey state attorney general, 1962-70; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New Jersey, 1964.
Jewish.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Died, following a stroke,
in Perth Amboy General Hospital,
Perth Amboy, Middlesex
County, N.J., December
26, 1982 (age 65 years, 64
days).
Interment at Beth Israel Memorial Park, Woodbridge, N.J.
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Arthur T. Vanderbilt (1888-1957) —
of East Orange, Essex
County, N.J.; Short Hills, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., July 7,
1888.
Republican. Lawyer; law
partner of Nathan
L. Jacobs, 1928-34; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New Jersey, 1920
(alternate), 1936
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1940,
1944;
circuit judge in New Jersey, 1947-48; chief
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1948-57; died in
office 1957.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Delta
Sigma Pi; Order of
the Coif; American
Political Science Association.
Died June 16,
1957 (age 68 years, 344
days).
Interment at Restland
Memorial Park, East Hanover, N.J.
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Joseph Weintraub (1908-1977) —
of New Jersey.
Born in Cranford, Union
County, N.J., March 5,
1908.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; superior court judge in
New Jersey, 1956; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1956-57; chief
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1957-73.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi Beta Kappa; Order of
the Coif; Phi
Kappa Phi.
Died in 1977
(age about
69 years).
Burial location unknown.
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