Background
Friedman, Herbert Jacob was born on March 2, 1876 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Jacob and Henrietta (Kahn) Friedman.
Friedman, Herbert Jacob was born on March 2, 1876 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Jacob and Henrietta (Kahn) Friedman.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1897, Bachelor of Laws, 1900.
Of Law, 1902-1906; instructor and lecturer, Northwestern University Law School, 1904-1908. A counsel for Civil Service communications of Chicago, 1911, and active in vice and police investigation at that time. Delaware International Prison Conference, 1910.
An organizer of 1st National Conference for Reformation of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure. Consolidated all forces in Chicago interested in the housing problem, 1914, and now secretary Chicago Housing Association. One of organizers American Symphony Orchestra of Chicago.
President Chicago Forum Council, 1927-1929. Director Young Men’s Associated Jewish Charities (1st president), Chicago-Winfield Tuberculosis Sanitarium, Legal Aid Society Writer on special subjects in Cyclopedia of Law and Procedure, Harvard Law Review, Yale Law Review, etc.
Clubs: City, Harvard, Book and Play (president 1928-1930), Chicago Law, Northmoor Country, Standard, Attic. Member Federal Industrial Commission, 1918.
Married Elsie Sidenberg, October 1, 1907.