Jacob M. Lashley Explained

Jacob M. Lashly (ca. 1882 – 1967) was a president of the American Bar Association.Founding member of the Law offices of Lashly & Baer with his brother Arthur Valentine Lashly & former Constitutional Law Professor at Washington University.

In 1953 Lashly was nominated by the United States to the United Nations Administrative Tribunal.^[1]

In 1954 he was a member of a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, committee that opposed the Bricker Amendment, which President Dwight D. Eisenhower said would curb his powers in dealing with foreign affairs.^[2]

In 1956 he was a board member of the Metropolitan Church Federation of St. Louis, Missouri.^[3]

In 1961 he was the recipient of the ABA Medal

He retired in 1965 at the age of eighty three after 60 years as a lawyer and Law Professor and died October 2, 1967.^[4]

Notes and References

1. https://www.newspapers.com/image/25945802/?terms=%22Jacob%2BM.%2BLashley%22%2BUnited%2BNations "Lawyer Is Named for UN Tribunal Post," The Fresno Bee, December 5, 1953, image 6
2. https://www.newspapers.com/image/89922231/?terms=%22Jacob%2BM.%2BLashley%22 "Anti-Bricker Amendment Group Forms," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, January 26, 1954, image 4
3. https://www.newspapers.com/image/139754792/?terms=%22Jacob+M.+Lashley%22 "New Church Federation," St. Louis Post-Dispatch, January 17, 1956, image 28
4. https://www.newspapers.com/image/240884572/?terms=%22Jacob%2BM.%2BLashley%22%2BUnited%2BNations "Obituaries in the News," Sheboygan Press, Wisconsin, October 3, 1967, image 12