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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. Son of Theodore Lee Cole and Kate Dunn (Dewey) Cole. Newspaper reporter; lawyer; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Petrograd, 1916-17; U.S. Consul General in Warsaw, 1929; Algiers, 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.
  Relatives: Son of Theodore Lee Cole and Kate Dunn (Dewey) Cole; married, October 10, 1916, to T. Imshenetzkaya; married, September 22, 1928, to Marilla C. Cole (cousin).
  Frederick Bernard Lacey (b. 1920) — also known as Frederick B. Lacey — Born in Newark, Essex County, N.J., September 9, 1920. Son of Frederick Robert Lacey and Mary Agnes (Armstrong) Lacey. 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. Still living as of 1982.
  Relatives: Married, May 20, 1944, to Mary C. Stoneham.
  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. Son of Lewis Vanderbilt and Alice H. (Leach) Vanderbilt. Republican. Lawyer; law partner of Nathan L. Jacobs, 1928-34; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1920 (alternate), 1936, 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). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, September 12, 1914, to Florence Althen.
  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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