Joseph N. Ulman

Background

Ulman, Joseph N. was born on August 9, 1878 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Son of Nathan and Dina (Oppenheim) Ulman.

Education

Johns Hopkins University, Bachelor of Arts, 1898. Columbia University, Master of Arts, 1900.

Career

Admitted to Maryland. bar, 1901, and began practice at Baltimore. Member Knapp, Ulman & Tucker, 1910-1924. Member of faculty U. Maryland Law School, 1908-1928.

Judge Supreme Bench of Baltimore since 1924. President Maryland. Prisoners’ Aid Association, 1910-1912, 1919-1924, now director. Treasurer Montrose School for Girls, 1920-1924.

President Hebrew Benevolent Society, 1925-1928. Chairman Committee on Prison Labor, appointed by National Industrial Recovery Board, 1934. Chairman Prison Industries Reorganization Administration, 1935-1936, member of board since 1936.

Director and member Executive Committee Community Fund of Baltimore, 1925-1930. President Baltimore Urban League, 1931-1934. Vice president Baltimore branch, American Jewish congress, 1937-1941, now director.

Consultant Public Works Administration since 1938. Director National Probation Association, National Urban League, Legal Aid bureau of Baltimore.

Membership

Member Advisory Committee on Criminal Justice, American Law Institute, 1934, advisor criminal justice and youth since 1938. Member board of mgrs. Cheltenham School for Boys, appointed by governor Maryland, 1940.

Member American Bar Association (member commission on education and practice of Criminal Law Section, 1938-1940), Maryland. State Bar Association, Baltimore City Bar Association (grievance committee, 1914-1915 and 1920-1922), American Law Institute (elected 1936), American Sociological Society, Maryland. Committee on Prison Labor, Johns Hopkins Alumni Association (past president), Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Alpha, Omicron Delta Kappa (honorary 1935).

Clubs: University, Chesapeake.

• Member, Phi JBeta Kappa Clubs: University, Chesapeake.

Connections

Married Ella Guggenheimer, June 23, 1903. Children: Joseph N., Elinor.

Father:

Nathan Ulman

Mother:

Dina (Oppenheim) Ulman

Spouse:

Ella Guggenheimer

child:

Elinor Ulman

child:

Joseph N. Ulman