Background
Schneider, John Thomas was born on June 2, 1895 in Cedar Hill, Tennessee, United States. Son of Charles and Lila (Ayers) Schneider.
Schneider, John Thomas was born on June 2, 1895 in Cedar Hill, Tennessee, United States. Son of Charles and Lila (Ayers) Schneider.
Bachelor of Arts, Univercity South, 1917. Student George Washington University, 1922. Juris Doctor, Harvard, 1925.
Admitted to New Jersey bar, 1930. Practiced in Newark, 1930-1934, Washington, 1955-1959, 68—. Associate firm Pitney, Hardin & Skinner, Newark, 1930-1934, Becker, Sisk & Becker, Washington.
Instructor law United States Military Academy, 1927-1930.
Special assistant to Secretary Interior, 1934-1935. Counsel Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Washington, 1935-1936.
Assistant agency counsel New York Loan Agency, Reconstruction Finance Corporation and various subsidiaries, 1936-1937, agency counsel, 1937-1943. Secretary, general counsel, director personnel and labor department Standard Brands, Incorporated., and subsidiaries, New York City, 1943-1949.
Director Standard Brands subsidiaries, 1943-1949.
Assistant secretary commerce international affairs, 1952-1953, advisory council United States International Monetary and Economics Policies, 1952-1953. 1st assistant and coordinator field offices Anti-Trust division Department Justice, 1953-1955. Administrative law judge Interstate Commerce Commission, 1959-1968.
Professorial lecturer Washington College Law, American University, 1955-1960.
Consultant Munitions Board, National Military Establishment, 1949-1950, chairman inter-agency commission on military-contractor relationship, chairman industry advising committee on military-contractor relationship. Chairman personnel policy board Department Defense, 1950-1951, Armed Forces Policy Council, 1950-1951.
Member Board Foreign Service, 1952-1953. Member interdepartmental commission on report of Randall Commision on Foreign Economics Policy, 1953-1955. Commissioned Second lieutenant United States Army, 1917.
Member American, Federal, Interstate Commerce Commission Practioners bar associations, Alpha Tau Omega, Sigma Upsilon.
Clubs: Metropolitan (Washington). Member editorial advising committee Food-Drug-Cosmetic Law Quarterly, 1944-1949.
Married Sarah Thomson, June 3, 1939. Children: Laura Thomson, Charles Ayers.