Background
Hoke, George Peabody was born on March 18, 1913 in St. Paul. Son of George Edward and Carolyn Grahfs (Peabody) Hoke.
Hoke, George Peabody was born on March 18, 1913 in St. Paul. Son of George Edward and Carolyn Grahfs (Peabody) Hoke.
AB cum laude, Dartmouth College, 1935. Juris Doctor, Yale University, 1938.
Secretary & chairman board Velie Ryan Inc., Rochester, Minnesota, 1940—1970. Trustee Shattuck School, Faribault, 1940—1970. Central United States counsel Inter-Provincial Pipe Line Company, Canada, 1950—1954.
Partner Snyder Gale Hoke, Richard & Janes, Minneapolis, 1943—1957, Wheeler, Fredriksen, Hoke & Larson, Minneapolis, 1957—1961. Senior partner Hoke, Roehrdenz, Bigelow & Chamberlain, 1975—1986. Served to lieutenant United States Navy, 1942-1943.
Chairman Henn County Civil Defense, Minneapolis, Wayzata, 1942—1945. Campaign secretary Republican State Central Committee Minnesota, St. Paul, 1944—1948, campaign chairman, 1948. Member Minnesota Republican Central Committee, 1940—1948.
Vestryman St. David's Episcopalian Church, Hopkins, Minnesota, 1940—1965, St. Paul's Episcopalian Church, Minneapolis, since 1985. Member of American Judicature Society (state director 1960), American Bar Association (Minnesota state director junior bar. conference 1945-1955), Minnesota State Bar Association, Hennepin County Bar Association (chairman tax section & junior bar secretary 1945-1955), American Law Institute (life. Member joint committee ABAAm.
Law Institute 1940-1950), Mory's Association (New Haven), Minneapolis Club, Beta Theta Pi, Phi Delta Phi (province president 1940-1970).
Married Carolyn Elizabeth Glass Hoke, May 25, 1940 (divorced 1963). Children: Carolyn G., George G., Jared Peabody.