1930–31 Volume 55 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

Magistrate of the City of New YorkOEORGE M. Curtis, Jr., Lehigh,'93, was appointed a Magistrate ofthe City of New York by MayorWalker and was sworn in July 17,1930. His appointment was a popularone with everybody, as his ser\'ice tothe city and community have been outstanding.GEORGE M. CURTIS, Lehigh, '93Brother Curtis was born in NewYork City in 1876, his ancestry beingof New England stock. His father,George M. Curtis, was a familiar figurein the democratic politics of histime, was one of the best knownlawyers in the United States, and wascorporation attorney and judge in theCity of New York. George M. Curtis,Jr., was educated at Mt. Pleasant MilitaryAcademy, Lehigh and Yale Universities,and was admitted to the Barthirty years ago. He has served the[34]City of New York as Assistant CorporationCounsel under Mayors Gaynorand Mitchell, and was Commissionerof Accounts during a portionof Mayor Hylan's regime. He servedas a Special Assistant United StatesDistrict Attorney for the SouthernDistrict of New York during theWorld War and tried many of theimportant government cases arisingout of the war.Brother Curtis is a member of theBrooklyn Bar Association, in whichorganization he is Chairman of theCommittee on Procedure and Practiceof the several Courts; of the NewYork County Lawyers Association, inwhich organization he is a member ofthe Commmittee on Criminal Courts;of the New York State Bar Associationwhere he has served as a memberof the Grievance Committee; memberof the Committee on Character andFitness of Applicants for Admissionto the Bar of the Second Judicial Department.He is widely known in cluband fraternal circles; a member of theNational Democratic Club, the YaleClub of New York City, the FirstAssembly District Democratic Club;Grand Street Boys Association; Presidentof the Borough Hall Boys; FirstVice-President of the Harry WolkoffAssociation; Past Dictator of BrooklynLodge No. 14, Loyal Order ofMoose; the only honorary member ofthe Independent Order of Foresters;life member of the Brooklyn Lodge ofElks, No. 22; Past Sachem of the ImprovedOrder of Red Men; an honorarymember of many of the differentAssembly District Democratic Clubs,especially the Mapleton, the Arlington,the Catawissa, the Brighton BeachChamber of Commerce: a member ofthe Judea Democratic Club; Chieftonof the American Fraternity, Sons ofErin; a member of the Pallex Club;