Frederic Kernochan (S&B 1898) Judge. Yale University. Skull and Bones. Delta Kappa Epsilon. He Boule. St. Mark’s Club.
An Independent Democrat and active opponent of the Tammany organization (Democratic Party Political machine that played a major role in controlling NYC and NY State).
Director World Narcotic Defense Association, The Florence Crittenden League, and Green-Wood Cemetery.
Instrumental in working out an important change in Court of Special Sessions, when the Legislature conferred upon it the appellate jurisdiction formerly vested in the Court of General Sessions and the County Courts of New York City.
Member executive board National Council of Boy Scouts of America (awarded Silver Buffalo) and Boy Scout Foundation of Greater New York; member New York Lawyers Association, New York State Bar Association, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, and St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Tuxedo Park.
1933 to 1937 - Executive chairman New York Urban League.[4]
1933 - Fusion candidate for judge Court of General Sessions.[4]
1918 to 1932 - Member board of Church Mission of Help, 1932, honorary adviser.[4]
WW1 - Chairman mayor’s committee on protection of shipping and waterfront during World War.[4] (Search mind map … RMS Lusitania)
1913 - Awarded silver medal by Congress in President Cleveland’s administration and gold medal by Society of the American Cross of Honor in recognition of bravery in saving a woman from drowning in 1886.[4]
1913 - Appointed to Court of Special Sessions, 1913 to 1916, Associate Justice, 1916 to 1937, Chief Justice.[4]
1909 - An incorporator Girls Service League of America, a Director since 1909, President 1923 to 29, and Vice-President Since 1929.[4]
1907 to 1913 - Magistrate City of New York.[4]
1905 to 1907 - Practiced with firm of Rand, Moffatt & Webb, New York City.[4]
1903 to 1905 - Assistant District Attorney New York County.[4]
30 Jan to Apr 1903 - Assistant Corporation Counsel New York City.[4]
1901 - Admitted to New York bar.[4]
1898 to 1901 - Attended New York Law School (LL.B. 1901).[4]
21 Apr 1898 to 13 Aug 1898 - Spanish American War - Enlisted June 20, 1898, in Battery A, Pennsylvania Light Artillery, for Porto Rico campaign; honorably discharged November 19, 1898.[4]
1898 - Graduated Skull and Bones, Patriarch.[1]
Died 9 Jan 1937, from Not Known. Age 60
Father .. Joseph Frederic Kernochan (S&B 1863) - Attorney and socialite who was prominent in New York Society during the Gilded Age.
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