Background
Freund, Arthur J. was born on April 17, 1891 in St. Louis. Son of Fred S. and Fannie (Wurzel) Freund.
Freund, Arthur J. was born on April 17, 1891 in St. Louis. Son of Fred S. and Fannie (Wurzel) Freund.
AB, Washington University, St. Louis, 1914; Bachelor of Laws, Washington University, St. Louis, 1916.
Practiced in, St. Louis, from 1916; special assistant attorney general Missouri, 1920-1924. Member of advisory committee civil rules Supreme Court United States.
Member of the board police commissioner St. Louis, 1925-1929, election commissioner, 1936-1937. Past president St. Louis United Service Organizations Council. President Young Men’s Hebrew Association and YWHA, 1941-1947, Executive Committee, from 1938.
Member Executive Committee National Jewish Welfare Board. Past member Executive Committee American Council Judaism. Trustee John Burroughs School, St. Louis, 1947.
Fellow American Bar Foundation. Member American Bar Association (member house of deals, council criminal law section, section individual rights and responsibilities, special committee minimum standards for administration criminal jusitce), Missouri Bar Association (pastchmn. criminal law committee), St. Louis Bar Association (past vice president, past Chairman.criminal law committee), National Association Better Radio and television (board directors), American Law Institute (advising committee pre-arraignment procedures), Institute Judicial Administration, Bar Association of City of New York, Missouri Atheltic Club (St. Louis.).
Married Margaret Drey, January 24, 1925. Children: Emily Freund Ullman, Edith Freund Binder.