Jules Blanc Monroe

Background

Monroe, Jules Blanc was born on March 3, 1880 in New Orleans. Son of Chief Justice Frank Adair and Alice (Blanc) Monroe.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Tulane University, 1899. Bachelor of Laws, 1901.

Career

Admitted to Louisiana bar, 1901, since practiced in New Orleans. Member firm Monroe & Lemann, since 1922. Former general solicitor New Orleans & Northeastern Railroad Company.

Former general counsel, director Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific Railway Company, Alabama & Vicksburg, Railway Company.

Former general counsel and director, New Orleans Terminal Company. Former division counsel Southern Railway.

Counsel and director Whitney National Bank, New Orleans. Counsel, director and secretary Saint Charles Hotel Company.

Director Phoenix Development Company, Incorporated., Broussard Land Company, Pine Harbor Company, Downmans, Bowie Lenube Limited company Firm Monroe & Lemann, counsel for New Orleans Cotton Exchange, New Orleans Stock Exchange, Penn Mutual Life Company, Union Central Life Company, Swift Company, et cetera

During bank crisis of 1933, attorney for New Orleans Clearing House Association, National Credit Corporation, National Credit Association Northern 4, 6th Federal Reserve District, local counsel R.F.C. During Mississippi River flood, 1927, special counsel Orleans Levee Board, and director general Orleans Cærnarvon Reparations. 1927-1929; president Board Liquidation of New Orleans City Debt.

Vice-president Society for the Relief of Destitute Orphan Boys. Trustee Eye. Ear, Nose and Throat.

Hospital; counsel, trustee, Chairman of the Board Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation.

Vice president board administrators Tulane Ednl. Fund; commissioner Audubon Park.

Achievements

• Jules Blanc Monroe has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Law Institute, Louisiana Law Institute, American, Louisiana bar associations, (Executive Committee 1916-1920), New Orleans Bar Association, Association of Bar City of New York, Association of International Criminal Court Practitioners, Louisiana Society Sons of the American Revolution, Mayflower Descendants, National Economic League, bureau of Governmental Research, American Academy Political and Social Science, Louisiana Historical Society, New Orleans Chamber of Commerce, Orleans Audubon Society (ex-president, director), Society Cincinnati, Society of Colonial Wars, American Institute Banking, Sigma Chirurgical Phi Beta Kappa. Omicron Delta Kappa, Pi Gamma Mu, Order of Coif, Alumni Association Tulane University (ex-president). Clubs: Boston.

Connections

Married Mabel Overton Logan, February 27, 1908. Children: Jules Raburn, Malcolm Logan.

Father:

Chief Justice Frank Adair Monroe

Mother:

Alice (Blanc) Monroe

Spouse:

Mabel Overton Logan

child:

Malcolm Logan Monroe

child:

Jules Raburn Monroe