Joseph Howard Stamler

Background

Stamler, Joseph Howard was born on November 19, 1911 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States. Son of Samuel and Jennie Frank Stamler.

Education

AB, Cornell University, 1933. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard University, 1935. Postgraduate, Rutgers University, 1936.

Career

He was a 1933 graduate of Cornell University and a 1935 graduate of Harvard Law School. He served in the United States. Navy in World World War World War II Stamler was a Law Professor at Rutgers Law School. Governor Richard J. Hughes nominated him to serve as a Judge of the Chancery Division in Morris County in 1966.

He served as a Judge until 1973.

His most famous case came in 1970, when he ordered the Netcong Board of Education to end its practice of reading prayers in local schools. He said school officials sought to peddle religion in a very cheap manner under an assumed name” and that this “type of subterfuge is degrading to all religions.

The New Jersey Supreme Court and the United States. Supreme Court declined to hear Neptune’s appeals.

Achievements

• Joseph Howard Stamler has been listed as a noteworthy by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of American Bar Association (house delegations 1955-1966), Essex County Bar Association (president 1955-1956), American Bar Foundation, American Judicature Society.

Connections

Married Lillian Spitzer, October 26, 1939. Children: Joseph Howard, Paul.

Father:

Samuel Stamler

Mother:

Jennie Frank Stamler

Spouse:

Lillian Spitzer

child:

Joseph Howard Stamler

child:

Paul Stamler