Background
Janss, Peter William was born on September 26, 1904 in Atlantic, Iowa, United States. Son of Peter Detlef and Lucy (Lindeman) Janss.
Janss, Peter William was born on September 26, 1904 in Atlantic, Iowa, United States. Son of Peter Detlef and Lucy (Lindeman) Janss.
Bachelor of Arts, State University Iowa, 1926, Doctorate.J., 1927.
Admitted to Iowa bar, 1927, and practiced in Des Moines. Member Janss, Dreher, Wilson & Adams and predecessors, 1930-1969. Director Walnut Grove Products Company, Great Plains Bag Company, Webster Life Insurance Company.
Executive secretary National Mineral Feeds Association Chairman Polk County Republican Central Committee, 1940-1946.
Director, president Polk County Tuberculosis and Health Association Iowa, 1934. Executive Committee, director, president Iowa Tuberculosis and Health Association, 1939-1946.
Director National Tuberculosis Association, 1945-1969, president-elect, 1962, president, 1963-1964, vice president, 1967.
Member American, Iowa, Polk County bar associations, Order Artus, Omicron Delta Kappa, Delta Chi, Phi Alpha Delta. Mason (Shriner, 33 degree). Clubs: Prairie, Des Moines, Wakonda, Des Moines Iowa.
Married Esther Fuller, October 26, 1930. Children: Peter Fuller, Mary (Mistress Lawrence Turner).