Jacob M. Lashley
Jacob M. Lashly (ca. 1882 – 1967) was a president of the American Bar Association.[1]
Founding member of the Law offices of Lashly & Baer with his brother Arthur Valentine Lashly & former Constitutional Law Professor at Washington University.
In 1953 Lashly was nominated by the United States to the United Nations Administrative Tribunal.[2]
In 1954 he was a member of a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, committee that opposed the Bricker Amendment, which President Dwight D. Eisenhower said would curb his powers in dealing with foreign affairs.[3]
In 1956 he was a board member of the Metropolitan Church Federation of St. Louis, Missouri.[4]
In 1961 he was the recipient of the ABA Medal
He retired in 1965 at the age of eighty three after 60 years as a lawyer and Law Professor and died October 2, 1967.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Obituaries in the News," Sheboygan Press, Wisconsin, October 3, 1967, image 12
- ^ "Lawyer Is Named for UN Tribunal Post," The Fresno Bee, December 5, 1953, image 6
- ^ "Anti-Bricker Amendment Group Forms," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, January 26, 1954, image 4
- ^ "New Church Federation," St. Louis Post-Dispatch, January 17, 1956, image 28
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