Frederick van Pelt Bryan

Personal

Birthday: 
4/27/1904
Birthplace: 
Brooklyn, NY
Date of Death: 
4/17/1978
Place of Death: 
New York, NY
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

Private practice, New York City, 1928-1933, 1946-1956
Assistant corporation counsel, New York City, 1933-1942; first assistant, 1938-1942
U.S. Army, 1942-1946
Member, Temporary State Commission to Study the Organizational Structure of the Government of the City of New York, 1953-1954
Counsel, Temporary Commission on the Courts of the State of New York, 1954-1956

Education

Name of School: 
Columbia University
Degree: 
A.B.
Degree Year: 
1925
Name of School - Second: 

Columbia Law School

Public service is a critical component of a legal education and the professional development of our students," said David M. Schizer, Dean and the Lucy G. Moses Professor of Law. "This new guarantee supports a core principle of our school, as we aspire to train lawyers who view pro bono work as central to their commitment to our system of justice.

Degree - Second: 
LL.B.
Degree Year - Second: 
1928

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. District Court, Southern District of New York
Court Name: 

New York Southern District Court

President Nominating: 
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Party Affiliation of President: 
Republican
Commission Date: 
6/19/1956
Retirement from Active Service: 
4/1/1972
Termination Date: 
4/17/1978
Termination Reason: 
Death