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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaF. Jay NIMTZ
(1915-1990)
NIMTZ, F. Jay, a
Representative from Indiana; born in South Bend, Saint Joseph
County, Ind., December 1, 1915; attended the public schools;
Indiana University, A.B., 1938 and from the same university law
school, LL.B. (J.D.), 1940; admitted to the bar in 1940 and
commenced the practice of law in South Bend, Ind.; inducted in the
United States Army as a private June 13, 1941, and served until
February 14, 1947, attaining the rank of lieutenant colonel, with
overseas service in England, France, and Germany; served fourteen
months as assistant executive officer, Office of United States
Chief of Counsel for Prosecution of Axis Criminality; colonel,
United States Army Reserve, retired; vice-chairman, Lincoln
Sesquicentennial Commission, 1958; member of board of directors,
Saint Joseph County Department of Public Welfare; unsuccessful
candidate in 1947 for South Bend city judge and in 1948 for
prosecutor of Saint Joseph County; elected as a Republican to the
Eighty-fifth Congress (January 3, 1957-January 3, 1959);
unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1958 to the Eighty-sixth
Congress and for election in 1960 to the Eighty-seventh Congress;
resumed the practice of law; graduate, United States Army Command
and General Staff College, 1965; member, Indiana Air Pollution
Control Board, 1979-1986, and Indiana Environmental Management
Board, 1981-1986; served as president of the South Bend
Redevelopment Commission from 1974 until his death in South Bend,
Ind., on December 6, 1990.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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