Background
Tenbroek, Jacobus was born on July 6, 1911 in Alberta, Canada. Son of Nicolaas and Gerte (Bogart) tenB.
Tenbroek, Jacobus was born on July 6, 1911 in Alberta, Canada. Son of Nicolaas and Gerte (Bogart) tenB.
Came to the United States, 1919, naturalized, 1927. Bachelor of Arts, Univercity California at Berkeley, 1934, Master of Arts, 1935, Bachelor of Laws, 1938, Juris Scientiae Doctor, 1940. Scientiae Juridicae Doctor, Harvard University 1947.
Doctor of Literature, Findlay College, 1956. Doctor of Laws, Parson’s College 1964.
University of Chicago, 1940-1942. Instructor University of California at Berkeley, 1942-1946, assistant professor, 1946-1947, associate professor, 1947-1953, professor, 1953-1968, department chairman speech, 1955-1968, professor department political science, 1963-1968. Visiting assistant professor Law School U. Colorado, 1946.
President National Federation of Blind, 1940-1961, 66-68, American Brotherhood for Blind, 1945-1968. Member California Welfare Board, 1950-1968, President’s Committee Employ Physically Handicapped, 1950. Member California State Social Welfare Board, 1950-1963, chairman, 1960-1963.
Brandeis research fellow Harvard Law School, 1939-1940. Co-recipient Woodrow Wilson Foundation award, 1955. Fellow Center for Advanced.
Study in the Behavioral Sciences, 1959-1960. Guggenheim fellow, 1954-1955, 60-61.
Author: The Anti-Slavery Origins of the 14th Amendment, 1951. Prejudice, War and the Constitution, 1954. California’s Adoption Law and Programs, 1955.Hope Deferred, 1959
Law of the Poor, 1966. California’s Dual System of Family, 1964.
Member California Welfare Board, 1950-1968, President’s Committee Employ Physically Handicapped, 1950. Member California State Social Welfare Board, 1950-1963, chairman, 1960-1963. Brandeis research fellow Harvard Law School, 1939-1940.
Member Speech Association American, American Political Science Association, Harvard, University of California law school associations.
Married Hazel Feldheym, April. Children: Jacobus, Anna C., Nicolaas.