Joseph Pennington Straus

Background

Straus, Joseph Pennington was born on May 30, 1911 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of M. Franklin and Ella (Pennington) Straus.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Pennsylvania, 1932; Bachelor of Laws, University Pennsylvania, 1935.

Career

Counsel, Reconstruction Finance Corporation, 1938-1942; partner, Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, Philadelphia, 1948-1989; retired from partnership, Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, Philadelphia, 1989; active in estate department, Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, Philadelphia, 1989. Director Precision Tube Inc. Alternate.

Achievements

• Joseph Pennington Straus has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

United States representative International Conference Wills, United States State Department, 1973. President Chestnut Hill Community Association, 1957-1958, member board, 1960-1966. Executive committee Committee of Seventy, 1960-1978, chairman, 1962-1966.

Executive committee Citizens Council on City Planning, 1961-1964. Vice chairman Citizens Charter Committee, 1956-1964. Member central board trustees, counsel Settlement Music School, Philadelphia, counsel, since 1967.

Chairman board managers All Saints Hospital, Philadelphia, 1980-1983. Philadelphia co-chairman White House Conference on Children and Youth, 1970. Member, past chairman board governors American Heart Association Southeast Pennsylvania.

Board directors, treasurer Theodore F. Jenkins Memorial Law Library, since 1974. Past vestryman St. Martin-in-the Fields Episcopalian Church. Trustee Police Athletic League Philadelphia, since 1960.

Board governors Episcopalian Community Services, Diocese of Pennsylvania, 1983-1989. Board directors Amici Center for Italian Studies, University Pennsylvania, since 1979. Member advisory board Chestnut Hill College, since 1988.

Served to lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1946. Fellow American Bar Foundation, International Academy Estate and Trust Law. Member American Bar Association (house of deals 1974-1978, past chairman, council section real property, probate and trust law, past chairman committee national conference groups), Pennsylvania Bar Association (past chairman section real property, probate trust law), Phila Bar Society (board governors 1968-1971), American Judicature Society, Germantown History Society, Chestnut Hill History Society (president 1986-1989), Pennsylvania Academy Fine Arts, American College Trust and Estates Counsel (board regents, president 1970-1971), American Law Institute (chairman joint editorial board Uniform Probate Code, 1971-1991, advisory committee Pennsylvania joint state government commission since 1971, member emeritus 1991), World Association Lawyers, Philadelphia Musical Fund Society (counsel 1991), Independence Hall Society (board directors since 1984), Welcome Society Pennsylvania (president since 1986), Baronial Society of Magna Charta, Colonial Society Pennsylvania (counselor since 1981), Genealogical Society Pennsylvania (counsel 1991), Pennsylvania Sons American Revolution, Pennsylvania Society Colonial Wars, Military Order of Foreign Wars of the United States, Phi Beta Kappa, Cum Laude Society Athenaeum of Philadelphia Clubs: Racquet, Philadelphia Cricket, Corinthian Yacht.

Connections

Married Ruth Wolstenholme, June 24, 1933 (deceased December 17, 1977). Children: Anne S. (Mistress John M. Rusk), Susan S. (Mistress William H. Rorer III), Helen H. (Mistress Alexander Stephens Clay IV). Married Rosemary Teresa Ioele, December 30, 1978.

Father:

M. Franklin Straus

Mother:

Ella (Pennington) Straus

Spouse:

Rosemary Teresa Ioele

Spouse:

Ruth Wolstenholme

child:

Anne S. Straus (Mistress John M. Rusk)

child:

Susan S. Straus (Mistress William H. Rorer III)

child:

Helen H. Straus (Mistress Alexander Stephens Clay IV)