James Frank, Sr

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Yale Class of 1896

James Frank was born at Ogdensburg NY Aug 21st 1873 He is a son of Nathan Frank and Mathilde Friedberger who were married Oct 4th 1860 at New York City and had altogether six children four boys and two girls Laurence Frank ex 00 is a brother and a sister Ida Frank Guttman holds the degree of AB Vassar 87 Nathan Frank b Aug 4th 1830 in Germany is a merchant of Ogdensburg where he has lived for the past fifty years and of which city he is Charity Commissioner His parents were Julius Frank a farmer and Rosa Fuld both of Germany Mathilde Friedberger Frank b April 20th 1840 at Laup heim Germany is the daughter of J Friedberger a farmer and Charlotte Elumenthal both of Laupheim Frank prepared at the Ogdensburg Academy He was interested in debating during his college course was a member of the Yale Union and served as President of the Freshman Union He received a Dissertation at the Junior Exhibition and at Commencement Beta Theta Pi

He was married at Far Rockaway LI NY May 31st 1906 to Miss Adele Morgenthau daughter of Maximilian Morgen thau of Far Rockaway

After two years in the New York Law School from which he received the degree of LL B in 1898 and two years of office work Frank associated himself with three men from Harvard Columbia and Ann Arbor under the firm name of Franc Newman Frank & New gass He left them in 1903 and practised alone until 1905 He visited the Pan American Exposition at Buffalo and was present at Bicentennial I have followed the worthy example of many 96 men says his decennial letter and joined the ranks of the benedicts and am now on my wedding trip so the trend of my thoughts is rather of the present than of the past My wife was Miss Adele M Morgenthau of New York City and she is already imbued with the superlative greatness of our Class and looks forward to attending our Decennial Since I last wrote you I have continued the practice of law with average success until about a year ago when I was elected Counsel for and subsequently Secretary of the Hudson Realty Company one of the large realty corporations in New York Aside from my professional duties my interest has been largely centered in the work fostered by the Educational Alliance situated in the great East Side of New York the general aim of which is the Americanization of the newly arrived immigrant After several years of active effort in the field of boys club work I was elected a Director of the institution and later appointed Chairman of the House Committee which has complete charge of the physical care of the building I have ever looked forward to the 96 dinners and reunions and always hope to be counted in when muster is called