Jerome Frank | |
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Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | |
In office March 27, 1941 – January 13, 1957 | |
Appointed by | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
Preceded by | Robert P. Patterson |
Succeeded by | Leonard P. Moore |
Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission | |
In office May 18, 1939 – April 9, 1941 | |
Preceded by | William O. Douglas |
Succeeded by | Edward C. Eicher |
Personal details | |
Born | Jerome New Frank September 10, 1889 New York City, New York, U.S. |
Died | January 13, 1957 New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. | (aged 67)
Education | University of Chicago (PhB, JD) |
Jerome New Frank (September 10, 1889 – January 13, 1957) was an American legal philosopher and author who played a leading role in the legal realism movement.[1] He was chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.