Background
Galer, Benjamin Anderson was born on May 3, 1915 in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, United States. Son of Paul B. and Ruth (Anderson) Galer.
Galer, Benjamin Anderson was born on May 3, 1915 in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, United States. Son of Paul B. and Ruth (Anderson) Galer.
Student, Iowa Wesleyan College, Mount Pleasant, 1931—1933. Bachelor, University Iowa, 1935. Juris Doctor magna cum laude, University Iowa, 1937.
Bar: Iowa 1937, United States District Court (southern district) Iowa 1937, Supreme Court of the United States Court 1972. Partner, Galer & Galer, and predecessors, since 1937. County attorney, 1942-1946.
Counsel Capitol Savings and Loan Association, Mount Pleasant, 1945-1984, also director
Vice president Peoples State Bank, Winfield, Iowa, 1960-1972, also director Director United Service Corporation, Mount Pleasant, 1971-1984.
Chairman, Henry County (Iowa) Republican Committee, 1949-1958, district chairman State Central Committee, 1958-1966, delegate National Convention, 1960. Member Henry County Mental Health Commission, 1958-1975.
District chairman State Cttrl. Committee, 1958—1966. Delegate National Convention, 1960.
Member Henry County Mental Health Commission, 1958—1975. Chairman Henry County (Iowa) Republican Committee, 1949—1958. Member of American Bar Association, Order of Coif., Henry County Bar Association, Iowa Bar Association (governor 1964-1968), Masons Club, Kiwanis Club (president 1940), Pi Kappa Delta, Beta Theta Pi, Phi Alpha Delta.
Married Dorothy I. Mathews, September 4, 1939. Children: Dorothea Galer Higgins, Ernest L. Student Iowa Wesleyan College.