Background

Gamer, Saul Richard was born on March 27, 1906 in New Haven. Son of Samuel and Bertha (Resnik) Gamer.

Education

Bachelor of Philosophy, Yale, 1927. Bachelor of Laws, Yale, 1929.

Career

Faculty research assistant Yale Law School, 1929-1930. Charge investigations for Report National Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement (Wickersham Commission), on Lawlessness in Law Enforcement, 1930-1931. Private practice law New York City.

Associate Engelhard, Pollak, Pitcher & Stern, 1931-1934. Attorney National Rifle Association, United States Department of Agriculture, Rural Electrification Administration, 1934-1937. Practice law New Haven, 1938.

Supervisory loan attorney Rural Electrification Administration, chief court claims section, civil division Department Justice, 1939-1958. Trial judge The United States of America Court Claims, Washington, 1958-1974, chief, trial division, 1972-1974, senior trial judge (retired), 1974.

Achievements

• Bar: Connecticut 1929, New York 1931, District of Columbia 1939, Supreme Court of the United States Court 1935.

Works

• Other Work

  • Board editors: Yale Law Jour, 1928-1929. Contributor legal periodicals.

Membership

Member American, Federal, District of Columbia Bar associations, American Arbitration Association (national panel arbitrators 1974-1991), Phi Beta Kappa.

Connections

Married Ethel Huchberger, June 28, 1934. Children– Janet G. (Mistress T.S.L. Perlman), Susan J. (Mistress William B. Blacklow).

father:

Samuel Gamer

mother:

Bertha (Resnik) Gamer

spouse:

Ethel Huchberger

child:

Susan J. Gamer (Mistress William B. Blacklow)

child:

Janet G. Gamer (Mistress T.S.L. Perlman)