Background
Amen, John Harlan was born on September 15, 1898 in Exeter, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Harlan Page and Mary (Rawson) Amen.
Amen, John Harlan was born on September 15, 1898 in Exeter, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Harlan Page and Mary (Rawson) Amen.
Graduate Phillips Academy, Exeter, 1915. Bachelor of Arts, Princeton University, 1919. Student Harvard Law School, 1919-1922.
1 son, Grover Cleveland. Admitted to New York bar. 1923; associate with Shearman & Sterling, New York, 1923-1928.
Partner Duryee, Zunino & Amen, New York, 1928-1938. Partner Parker & Duryee 1938. Member Amen. Weisman & Butler, New York City.
Special assistant to United States attorney general on cases involving violations of fedaral antitrust laws, 1928-1938, appointed (October 26, 1938), special prosecutor to supersede district attorney of Kings County in connection with investigation of official corruption in Brooklyn. Appointed (August 23, 1940) assistant attorney-general of the State of New York to conduct city-wide investigation of contracts for construction of public highways and sewers in Kings, Queens, New York, Bronx and Richmond Counties. Published: Report on Probation Department of Kings County Court, 1941.
Report on Department of Correction in Kings County, 1942. Report of Kings County Investigation (1938-1942), 1942. Conducted investigation of New York City Police Department in connection with gambling racket, 1942.
Served as Second lieutenant United States Marine Corps, Reserve Flying Corps, during World War. Member Loyalty Review Board, American Bar Association, Association of Bar of the City of New York. Clubs: Ivy, Princeton, River.
Married Marion Cleveland, July 25, 1926.