Background
Belknap, Jerry P. was born on August 22, 1917 in Napoleon, Ohio, United States. Son of Nathaniel J. and Mary E. (Ragan) Belknap.
Belknap, Jerry P. was born on August 22, 1917 in Napoleon, Ohio, United States. Son of Nathaniel J. and Mary E. (Ragan) Belknap.
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.
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.
Indianapolis, Indiana State, American and Seventh Circuit (President, 1963-1964) Bar Associations. Litigation, Public Utilities and Antitrust.
Married Maryellen Pilliod Belknap, November 29, 1945. Children: Nathaniel J., Raymond V., Caroline M., Belknap Russell, Mary Elizabeth Belknap Brann, Sarah A. Belknap Boonstra.