Background
Oppenheimer, Reuben was born on October 24, 1897 in Baltimore. Son of Leon H. and Flora (Oppenheimer) Schwab.
Oppenheimer, Reuben was born on October 24, 1897 in Baltimore. Son of Leon H. and Flora (Oppenheimer) Schwab.
Bachelor of Arts, Johns Hopkins, 1917. Bachelor of Laws cum laude, Harvard, 1920.
Bar: Maryland. bar 1921. Partner firm Emory, Beeuwkes, Skeen & Oppenheimer (and successors), Baltimore, 1922-1955. Associate judge Supreme Bench Baltimore City, 1955-1965, Court Appeals, Maryland., 1964-1967.
Lecturer U. Maryland.
Law School, 1947-1955. Public member, co-chairman appeals and review committees
WLB, 1943-1945. Chief attorney Maryland. office Office of Price Administration, 1942-1943.
Chairman of Commission reorganization Peoples Court Baltimore City, 1938. Chairman of Commission additional tax revenue, Baltimore, 1945.
Chairman of the Board Maryland. Department Correction, 1947-1951.
Member United States delegate International Penal and Penitentiary Congress, The Hague, 1950, Committee Administrative Organisation Maryland., 1951-1953, Committee Judicial Administration, 1953-1955.
Chairman Committee Amendments Baltimore City Charter, 1969-1971, Maryland. Board Ethics, 1969-1979.
Member of executive board American Jewish Committee, from 1946. Served with United States Naval Reserve Force, World War I. Named to Maryland. Jewish Hall of Fame, 1980.
Member Bar Association Baltimore City (president 1952-1953), American Bar Association, Maryland.
Bar Association (president 1955-1956), Harvard Law School Association Maryland. (president 1955-1956), Phi Beta Kappa, Order Coif, Omicron Delta Kappa.
Married Selma C. Levy, June 26, 1922. Children: Martin J., Joan F. (Mistress Stanley Weiss).