S. Ralph Warnken (1891-1988)
MSA SC 3520-14447
Judge, Baltimore City Supreme Bench, 1948-1961
President, Bar Association of
Baltimore City, 1942-1943
Biography:
Born, Baltimore, Maryland, August 7, 1891. Attended local public schools. Graduted, University of Maryland Law School, 1914. Admitted to the Bar, February 6, 1914. Married, Bessie E. Burgoyne (d. 1973); one daughter, Elizabeth W. Allen. Died, Baltimore, February 22, 1988.
Began legal carrearr as clerk at Steuart & Steuart, 1907. Began practricing with Gans & Haman (later Cook, Warnken, Veazy & Markell), 1914. Served in Intelligence Division of U.S. Navy during World War I, attained rank of Seaman Second Class. Chair, Workers' Compensation Committiee, 1940. President, Bar Association of Baltimore City, 1942-1943. Chair, Alien Enemy Hearings Board of Maryland during World War II. General Counsel, Public Service Commission, 1947-1948. Appointed to the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, 1948. Retired from the bench, 1961. Chair, Maryland State Bar Association Committiee on Judicial Ethics, 1961-1966. Chair, commission to recodify motor vehicle laws for the Legislative Council of Maryland, 1968. Special master for grand jury investigation of the traffic court, 1970. Secratary and counsel, Samuel Kirk & Son, Inc. Member, Engineers Club of Baltimore, Maryland Historical Society, Maryland Acadamy of Sciences, Roland Park Civic League.
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