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Eli Frank Sr. (1874-1958)
MSA SC 3520-13496
42nd President of the Bar Association of Baltimore City 1920-1921
50th President of the Maryland State Bar Association 1943-1944
Judge, Supreme Bench of Baltimore City 1922-1944

Biography:

Born Baltimore, Maryland, February 8, 1874.  Son of Moses and Isabella Frank.  B.A., Johns Hopkins University, 1894, graduated with honors, Phi Beta Kappa.  Received LL.B., University of Maryland Law School, 1896, with honors.  Admitted to the Bar, June 2, 1896.  Married, Rena Ambach, 1896; three children, Eli Frank, Jr., Mrs. Bertram S. Friedman, and Mrs. Sydney M. Cone, Jr.  Died, Baltimore, July 25, 1958.

<>Legal expertise in areas of property and procedure, author of leading text on title.  Briefly a member of Baltimore City School Board.  President, Bar Association of Baltimore City, 1920-1921.  Appointed to the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, 1922.  Taught  as University of Maryland Law School for many years, until 1944.  President, Maryland State Bar Association, 1943-1944.  Retired from the Bench, 1944, returned to private practice with Frank, Bernstein, Conaway & Goldman.  Board of Trustees, Johns Hopkins, 1926-1951.  Co-founder, Park School, 1912; Hebrew (later Sinai) Hospital; Association of Jewish Charities.
 

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