Background
Marovitz, Abraham Lincoln was born on August 10, 1905 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Joseph and Rachel (Glowitz) Marovitz.
Abraham Lincoln Marovitz
August 10, 1905 (age 113) Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States
Assistant state's attorney, Cook County, Illinois, 1927-1933; practiced in, Chicago, 1933-1950; judge, Superior Court Cook County, 1950-1963; chief justice, Cook County Criminal Court, 1958-1959; United States judge, Northern district Illinois, 1963-1975; senior judge, Northern district Illinois, 1975-1989; retired, 1989. Chairman of the Board Lincoln National Bank, 1946-1963. Past national chairman National Conference State Court Trial Judges. Past member lawyer's advisory council University of Illinois Law Forum.
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Education
Juris Doctor, Chicago-Kent College Law, 1925. Doctor of Humane Letters, Lincoln College, Illinois, 1956. Doctor of Laws, Winston Churchill College, 1968.
HHD, Chicago Medical School, 1984. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Illinois Institute of Technology, 1988. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Roosevelt University, 1989.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), National-Louis University, 1991.
Career
Assistant state's attorney, Cook County, Illinois, 1927-1933;
practiced in, Chicago, 1933-1950;
judge, Superior Court Cook County, 1950-1963;
chief justice, Cook County Criminal Court, 1958-1959;
United States judge, Northern district Illinois, 1963-1975;
senior judge, Northern district Illinois, 1975-1989;
retired, 1989. Chairman of the Board Lincoln National Bank, 1946-1963. Past national chairman National Conference State Court Trial Judges.
Past member lawyer's advisory council University of Illinois Law Forum.
Achievements
Membership
Member Illinois Senate, 1938-1950. Board of directors Hebrew Theological College. Member of advisory board Young Men’s Christian Association Metropolitan Chicago.
Trustee Chicago-Kent College Law, Chicago Medical School. Former trustee Illinois History Library. Past member Jewish Board Education Served to sergeant major United States Marine Corps Reserve, 1943-1946.
Member American Bar Association, Illinois State Bar Association, Chicago Bar Association (past manager, ExemplarySvc. award 1987), International Association Jewsish Lawyers & Jurists, Decalogue Society of Lawyers (annual merit award 1968), Jewish War Veterans United States (past department commander, Man of Year 1994), American Legion (past commander Marine post Chicago.
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Religion
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Political Party
jewish (board directors synagogue).
Education
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1925
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1956
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1968
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1984
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1988
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1989
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1991
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Named Outstanding Legislator, Indiana Voters Il Named Outstanding Legislator, Indiana Voters Illinois, 1949. Named to Wisdom Hall of Fame, 1979. Recipient Founders' Day award Loyola University in Chicago, 1967, awards Chicago Press Club, Chicago Press Photographers Association, 1968, Man of Year award Jewish National Fund, Israel Bond Organization, 1973, Horatio Alger award, 1979, Na.
Americanism medal Daughters of the American Revolution, 1980, Citizens' award Chicago Police Department, 1982, Lincoln The Lawyer award, 1985, Chicago Park District Senior Citizen of Year award, 1985, Spirit of Lincoln award Anti-Defamation League, 1985, Celtic Man of Year award Celtic Legal Society Chicago, 1989, Distinguished Public Service award Union League Club, 1990, Jack Robbins award Boys Brotherhood Republic Alumni Association, 1990, Excellence in Public Service award North Shore Retirement award, 1990, Recognition award B'nai B;rith Sports Lodge, 1990, award Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1993, Senior medal of honor Cook County Sheriff, 1994, plaque Intellectual Property Law Association, 1994, Professional Achievement award Chicago Kent Law School, 1995, Making History award Chicago History Society, 1995, Commitment to a Dream award United Neighborhood Organization Chicago, 1995, Humanitarian award Jesse Owens Foundation, 1995, Benjamin Cardozo award B'nai B'rith Anti-Discrimination League, 1996, Raoul Wallenberg Humanitarian awrd, 1990, Order of Lincoln award, 1987, others. Named to Chicago Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1994. Judge Abraham Lincoln Marovitz Court in Chicago named in his honor, 1992, Judge Abraham Lincoln Marovitz Courtroom at Chicago Kent Law School named in his honor, 1992, Chicago chapter American Inns. of Court named in his honor, 1994.