Background
Belknap, Jerry P. was born on August 22, 1917 in Napoleon, Ohio, United States. Son of Nathaniel J. and Mary E. (Ragan) Belknap.
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Jerry P. BELKNAP
JERRY BELKNAP, American Lawyer, Partner of BARNES & THORNBURG, specializing in the field of General Practice. Litigation, Corporate, Securities, Acquisitions and Mergers, Banking, Insurance, Municipal Finance, Federal and State Taxation, Real Estate, Estate Planning and Administration, Employee Benefits, Labor and Employment Law, Immigration, Commercial Transactions, Creditors’ Rights, Reorganizations and Bankruptcy, Environmental Law.
Education
University of Michigan (Bachelor of Arts, 1939. Juris Doctor, 1941). Phi Kappa Phi. Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif.
Associate Editor, Michigan Law Review, 1940-1941.
Career
Partner Barnes, Hickam, Pantzer & Boyd, Indianapolis, Successor firm Barnes & Thornburg, since 1941. Chairman Indiana Supreme Court committee on Rules and Practice, 1981—1993. Member Indianapolis School Board, 1968—1972.
Treasurer Episcopal Diocese of Indianapolis, 1964—1971. With United States Army Air Force, 1942-1945.
Achievements
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Bar: Ohio 1941, Indiana 1942, United States Court Appeals (7th circuit) 1942, United States Supreme Court.
Membership
Indianapolis, Indiana State, American and Seventh Circuit (President, 1963-1964) Bar Associations. Litigation, Public Utilities and Antitrust.
Connections
Married Maryellen Pilliod Belknap, November 29, 1945. Children: Nathaniel J., Raymond V., Caroline M., Belknap Russell, Mary Elizabeth Belknap Brann, Sarah A. Belknap Boonstra.
- Father:
- Nathaniel J. Belknap
- Mother:
- Mary E. (Ragan) Belknap
- Spouse:
- Maryellen Pilliod Belknap
- child:
- Nathaniel J. Belknap
- child:
- Raymond V. Belknap
- child:
- Caroline M. Belknap
- child:
- Belknap Russell Belknap
- child:
- Mary Elizabeth Belknap Brann Belknap
- child:
- Sarah A. Belknap Boonstra Belknap
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Born
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Nationality
American -
Political Party
Republican
Career
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1941
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1942
Awards
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Decorated Bronze Star, Air medal.Decorated Bronze Star, Air medal.