Paul Nicholas Schaeffer

Background

Schaeffer, Paul Nicholas was born on August 11, 1884 in Reading, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of D. Nicholas and Katherine (Grim) Schaeffer.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1905. Doctor of Laws, 1937. Bachelor of Laws, University of Pennsylvania, 1914.

Doctor of Laws, Albright College, 1933.

Career

Admitted to Pennsylvania bar 1914, and began practice at Reading. Specialized in criminal law with special reference to probation and restoration of criminals. Appointed president judge Court of Common Pleas of Berks County, 1924, elected to same office, 1925, re-elected, 1935.

Director Pennsylvania Committee on Penal Affairs. Member Welfare communications of Pennsylvania since 1924. Member Governor’s Committee on Probation in Pennsylvania, 1934, on Public Assistance and Relief, 1936.

President Pennsylvania Conference on Social Work, 1936. Assigned by Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, to take charge of proceedings of Grand Jury Investigation in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 1938. Director National Probation Association, 1943.

Member Pennsylvania State Board Law Examiners, since 1946.

Membership

Member: Pennsylvania-German Historical. Society; Public Charities Association of Pennsylvania (director). Pennsylvania Committee on Penal Affairs (director).

Clubs: Wyomissing, Reading Country.

• Member of Pennsylvania-German History Society. Public Charities Assn, of Pennsylvania (director). Pennsylvania Comm, on Penal Affairs (directory) Clubs: Wyomissing, Reading Country.

Connections

Spouse Helen Burkey, September 20, 1918, Reading, Pennsylvania.

Father:

D. Nicholas Schaeffer

Mother:

Katherine (Grim) Schaeffer

Spouse:

Helen M. Burkey