Background
Rault, Joseph Matthew was born on September 21, 1893 in New Orleans. Son of Joseph Emile and Sophia (Umbach) Rault.
Rault, Joseph Matthew was born on September 21, 1893 in New Orleans. Son of Joseph Emile and Sophia (Umbach) Rault.
Bachelor of Science, College of Immaculate Conception, New Orleans, 1911. Bachelor of Arts, Loyola University, New Orleans, 1913. Bachelor of Laws, Georgetown University, 1916.
Assistant secretary United States Senator Joseph E. Ransdell, 1913-1917. Assistant attorney Interstate Commerce Commission, Washington, 1917. Admitted to District of Columbia Bar, 1916, Louisiana bar, 1920 and since practiced in New Orleans.
Member Terriberry, Rice & Young and successor Terriberry, Rault, Carroll, Yancey & Farrell, since 1921. Chairman United States War Bond Committee for New Orleans, 1941-1943. Chairman, 1941 campaign New Orleans Community Chest, president, 1942-1943.
Member American, Louisiana, City New York, New Orleans (past president) bar associations, Maritime Law Association United States (1st vice president 1951), Chamber of Commerce New Orleans Area (president, 1950-1951), Propellor Port of New Orleans (president 1933), International House New Orleans (president 1956-1957). Clubs: Pickwick, Covington Country, Lake Shore, Recess (New Orleans).
Married Calista Airey Morgan, February 9, 1923. Children: Calista (Mistress Wallace B. Schneidau), Joseph Matthew, Beatrice (Mistress Richard C. Baldwin).