Jerome New Frank

Judge Jerome New Frank

Personal

Birthday:

9/10/1889

Birthplace:

New York, NY

Date of Death:

1/13/1957

Place of Death:

New Haven, CT

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 1912-1929
Private practice, New York City, 1930-1933, 1936-1937
Research associate, Yale Law School, 1932
General counsel, Agricultural Adjustment Administration, 1933-1935
Special counsel, railroad reorganization, Reconstruction Finance Corporation, 1935
Commissioner, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1937-1941; chairman, 1939-1941

Education

Name of School:

University of Chicago

Degree:

Ph.B.

Degree Year:

1909

Name of School - Second:

University of Chicago Law School

The University of Chicago Law School occupies a unique niche among this country's premier law schools. Located on a residential campus in one of America 's great cities, Chicago offers a rigorous and interdisciplinary professional education that blends the study of law with the humanities, the social sciences, and the natural sciences. Students, faculty, and staff form a small, tightly knit community devoted to the life of the mind. Learning is participatory. Chicago does not seek to impose a single viewpoint or style of thought on its students. Instead, our faculty exposes students to contrasting views, confident in students' abilities to choose their own paths.

Degree - Second:

J.D.

Degree Year - Second:

1912

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Court Name:

Second Circuit Court of Appeals

President Nominating:

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Party Affiliation of President:

Democratic

Commission Date:

3/27/1941

Termination Date:

1/13/1957

Termination Reason:

Death