Jacob Frank Friedrick

Background

Friedrick, Jacob Frank was born on January 31, 1892 in Perjanios, Hungary. Came to the United States, 1904, naturalized, 1916. Son of Frank and Barbara (Wolf) Friedrick.

Education

Educational public schools, Milwaukee Doctor of Laws, University of Wisconsin, 1955.

Career

Member Lodge 66, International Association Machinists, Milwaukee, from 1913; business representative, Machinists District Lodge 10, Milwaukee, 1919-1929; labor editor, Milwaukee Leader, 1929-1935; general organizer, Milwaukee Federated Trades Council, 1935-1945; secretary-treasurer, Milwaukee Federated Trades Council, 1952-1959; regional director, American Federation of Labor-Congress, 1945-1952; president, Milwaukee County Labor Council American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, from 1959.

Achievements

• Jacob Frank Friedrick has been listed as a noteworthy labor union official by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Wisconsin Coordinating Committee for Higher Education, 1961-1964. Member Milwaukee Sewerage Commission, from 1923, Chairman of Commission, from 1932. Member Metropolitan Sewage Commission, County of Milwaukee, from 1932.

Member Wisconsin Continuing Revenue Survey Commission, 1959-1960. President regents University of Wisconsin, 1962-1964. Board directors United Community Superior vena cava syndrome of Greater Milwaukee.

Connections

Married Agnes Piechowiak, June 21, 1914. Children: Maxine (Mistress Philip La Porte), Frederick, Frank.

Father:

Frank Friedrick

Mother:

Barbara (Wolf) Friedrick

Spouse:

Agnes Piechowiak

child:

Frederick Friedrick

child:

Maxine Friedrick (Mistress Philip La Porte)

child:

Frank Friedrick