Background
Groel, Frederick Henry was born on January 15, 1899 in Newark. Son of Charles and Augusta N. (Schiener) Groel.
Groel, Frederick Henry was born on January 15, 1899 in Newark. Son of Charles and Augusta N. (Schiener) Groel.
Bachelor of Arts, Princeton, 1921. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard, 1914.
Admitted to New Jersey bar, 1924, practiced in Newark, 1924-1940. Assistant Corporate Counsel City Newark, 1927-1933. With Prudential Insurance Company of America, 1940-1965, vice president, secretary, 1948-1961, executive vice president, 1961-1965.
Associate professor Rutgers University, 1926-1938.
Director, chairman trust committee 1st National State Bank of New Jersey. Director Triangle Industries Incorporated.
Member New Jersey Legislature, 1926-1927. Member of the board United Hospitals (Newark), Newark Museum, New Jersey State Safety Council, New Jersey Economics Development Council. Member New Jersey Tercentenary Commission.
Served as seaman United States Navy, World War I. Member American, New Jersey, Essex County bar associations, New Jersey Chamber of Commerce (president), New Jersey History Society (member board).
Clubs: Princeton, Essex (Newark).
Married Audrey Berdine, June 21, 1929. Children: Marjory Eve (Mistress James South. Ward), Berdine.