Justice Robert H. Jackson
(Feb 13, 1892-Oct 9, 1954)

Occupation: Attorney, US Supreme Court Justice.

Robert H. Jackson (1892-1954) was a U.S. Attorney General; U.S. Supreme Court Justice and American prosecutor at the Nuremburg war crimes trials in Germany. He was born Feb. 13, 1892 at Spring Creek, Pennsylvania. and educated in Albany (N.Y.) Law School and has received honorary degrees from many universities. He was admitted to the New York bar in 1913, he began practice at Jamestown. He was assistant attorney general of the U.S. 1936-38; solicitor general of U.S., 1938-39; U.S. attorney general, 1940-41; and associate justice U.S. supreme court from 1941. In 1945 he was appointed by President Truman to represent the U.S. in negotiating with Russia, England, and France on an agreement for international trials of European Axis war criminals, and was also named chief of counsel for the U.S. in conducting the prosecution of Goering, Ribbentrop and others.

He was a member of Mt. Moriah Lodge No. 145, Jamestown, New York where he received his degrees, September 17, October 1, and October 22, 1929; 32° AASR (NJ) in November, 1930 at Jamestown; and was also a member of Ismailia Shrine Temple, Buffalo, N.Y.