Background
English, Nicholas Conover was born on April 12, 1912 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States. Son of Conover and Sara Elizabeth (Jones) English.
English, Nicholas Conover was born on April 12, 1912 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States. Son of Conover and Sara Elizabeth (Jones) English.
Graduate, Pingry School, 1929. AB magna cum laude, Princeton, 1934. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard, 1937.
Since practiced in, Newark. Partner firm McCarter & English, 1947-1977, of counsel, since 1978. Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1945.
Board directors Summit (New Jersey) Young Men’s Christian Association, 1950-1957, president, 1953-1955. Board directors Newark YMWCA, also president. Chairman executive committee Central Atlantic Area Young Men’s Christian Association, 1957-1963.
Member national council Young Men’s Christian Association, 1954, 58-81, vice president, 1959-1960, member national board, 1960-1971, 73-81, vice chairman, 1969-1971, treasurer, 1977-1981. Trustee New Jersey National Land Trust, 1983-1993, Kent Place School, since 1959, president, 1961-1972, Pingry School, 1954-1973. Board directors National Legal Aid Association, 1953-1956.
Member American Bar Association (house of deals 1957-1958), New Jersey Bar Association, Essex County Bar Association, American Bible Society (board trustees 1964-1993, senior trustee since 1993), American Law Institute.
Married Agnes N. Perry, March 18, 1939 (div. 1947); children– Henry H. P., Ann Whitall (Mistress Edward J. Wardwell). Married Eleanor Morss, May 1, 1948.
Children– Priscilla English Vincent, Sara (deceased), Sherman, Eleanor English Folta.