Background
Nolan, Val was born on February 21, 1892 in Evansville, Indiana, United States. Son of John Jay and Valentine F. (Fitz-William) Nolan.
Nolan, Val was born on February 21, 1892 in Evansville, Indiana, United States. Son of John Jay and Valentine F. (Fitz-William) Nolan.
Student Indiana University, 1912-1915, University of Chicago, 1917.
Admitted to Indiana bar, 1915. Deputy prosecuting attorney 1st Judicial Circuit, Indiana, 1916-1917. In practice at Evansville, 1919-1930.
City attorney, Evansville, 1930-1933.
United States district attorney Southern District of Indiana, since 1933. Vice president and consultant counsel Hearthstone Life Insurance Company, Indianapolis, 1938.
Declined position of chief counsel to the United States High Commissioner to Philippines, 1937. Private United States of America, 1917.
First lieutenant Field Artillery, 1918.
Lieutenant Field Artillery, United States.R., 1919.
Member Social Service Commission, Venezuela, 1939. Trustee Evansville College, Indiana University, James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Crippled Children, Indianapolis. Member Evansville Bar Association (president 1930).
Married Jeannette Covert, October 4, 1917. Children: Val, Alan Tucker, Kathleen Covert.