Background
Dimock, Edward Jordan was born on January 4, 1890 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States. Son of George Edward and Elizabeth (Jordan) Dimock.
Dimock, Edward Jordan was born on January 4, 1890 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States. Son of George Edward and Elizabeth (Jordan) Dimock.
Student, Pingry School, Elizabeth, New Jersey, 1901-1906; Bachelor of Arts, Yale University, 1911; honorary mem, Princeton University, 1910; Bachelor of Laws, Harvard University, 1914.
Born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Dimock received an Bachelor of Arts from Yale College in 1911. At Yale, he was an editor of campus humor magazine The Yale Record. He received an Bachelor of Laws from Harvard Law School in 1914.
He was in private practice in New York City from 1914 to 1941, and was a lecturer at Yale Law School from 1941 to 1946, and Editor of the Official Law Reports of the State of New York from 1942 to 1945.
He was Chairman of the Appeal Board of the Office of Contract Settlement in Washington, District of Columbia On June 11, 1951,Dimock was nominated by President Harry South. Truman to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York vacated by George Murray Hulbert. Dimock was confirmed by the United States Senate on July 10, 1951, and received his commission on July 11, 1951.
He assumed senior status on July 28, 1961. Dimock served in that capacity until his death, in Forestburgh, New New York
Chairman joint committee New York City Bar Associations, 1937-1939, Yale Alumni University Fund, 1938-1940. Representative United States District Courts 2d Circuit on Judicial Conference, 1957-1959. Member Association Bar City New York (executive committee 1938-1942), New York State Bar Association, Federal Bar Association, Sullivan County Bar Association, American Bar Association (house of deals 1943, board editors Journal 1944-1968, board governors 1948-1951), American Law Institute (past member council), New York County Lawyers Association, Harvard Law School Association (past president New York City) Psi Upsilon.
Clubs: Century (New York City). Elihu (Yale), Elizabethan (Yale).
Son of George Edward and Elizabeth (Jordan) D. M. Constance Bullard, June 20, 1912. Children: Constance D. (Mistress Frank H. Ellis), Mary D. Robbins, Elizabeth D. (Mistress William B. Ryan), Lucy D. Lieberfeld, Emily D. (Mistress Ignatius G. Mattingly).