Etha Beatrice None Fox

FOX, Etha Beatrice A Life Trustee of Chicago Sinai Congregation and Ret. Capt. U.S. Coast Guard, beloved daughter of the late Dr. Nathan I. Fox and Mary (nee Diamond). Born February 1, 1914, in Chicago, Illinois. Educated Chicago Schools; Chicago-Kent College of Law (member Round Table group) J.D. 1939; Roosevelt University A.B. 1941; University of Chicago, M.B.A. 1951. Admitted to practice of law Illinois Supreme Court of State of Illinois June 15, 1939, subsequently admitted to practice U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; U.S. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court 1960; U.S. Court of Military Appeals. Legal employment: employed from 1931-1939 at the law officers of Wilhartz and Hirsch and employed from 1940-1941 at the Shaeffer and Masor law offices, while attending college and law school. Illinois State Bar Association Committee on Probate Law 1939; Office of the Public Administrator, Cook County, 1941; Office of Rent Stabilization, Chicago, Illinois 1942-1944 and 1946-1953; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois 1953, U.S. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit 1958-1974, as law clerk to Honorable Win G. Knoch. Military career: enlisted U.S. Coast Guard Reserve in Spring of 1944 as Apprentice Seaman, commissioned ensign July 12, 1944, Lieutenant Junior Grad: August 8, 1952, Lieutenant: July 1, 1955, Lieutenant-Commander: July 1, 1961, Commander: February 1, 1966, Captain: August 11, 1971, retired with rank of Captain in February of 1974. Member: American Bar Association, sections on International Law and Legal Education; Federal Bar Association; Illinois State Bar Association; Chicago Bar Association (committees International Law, Federal Civil Procedure, Candidates Evaluation, Military Law, Continuing Legal Education, Institutional Advertising, Professional Responsibility (Past-Chairman); Inter-American Bar Association, attended as delegate and submitted papers on territorial waters and doctrine of hot pursuit; Bar Association of the Seventh Federal Circuit Editor of its publication THE CIRCUIT RIDER from its inception in 1955 to 1986; Women’s Bar Association of Illinois, editor of its NEWS 1949-1951, 1952-1956, 1957-1963; Women’s Bar Association of Illinois Foundation, Secretary 1972 to present; Kappa Beta Pi Legal Sorority, Dean of Alpha Chapter 1962-1964, recipient of Scholarship Key 1939; American Foreign Law Association, Treasurer Chicago Chapter 1960 to present; Judge Advocates Association; Decalogue Society of Lawyers; Jewish War Veterans; American Veterans Committee; Reserve Officers of the United States, over a period of years held all offices in Chicago Chapter including President and Judge Advocate, Historian of Department of Illinois 1967-1969, edited THE DEPARTMENTAL WORD 1969-1970, recipient of Roa Sword and Pen Award; volunteer worker with American Red Cross for more than 20 years; volunteer reader (law and business materials) Recording for the Blind, Inc. 1956 to present; Director, Board of Acme Printing Ink Co., Chicago 1958-1960; Member of the Chicago Sinai Congregation 1951 to present (also taught religious school at Chicago Sinai Congregation in the 1950’s), member of the Board of Trustees, National Council for Jewish Women, Chairman Membership Committee (1978); Member of Anshe Emet Congregation approximately from 1932-1953; recipient YMCA – National Council of Jewish Women Half-Century Award in 1962; appointed by Illinois Supreme Court as a member of the Committee on Professional Responsibility on May 12, 1978 (to 1982, to draft code); elected Fellow of Chicago Kent Honor Council in 1978. Hobbies: all sorts of needlework, avid reader and theatre-goer, in youth very active in amateur dramatics, acted, and wrote skits. Funeral Thursday, September 13, at 11 a.m. at the Chicago Sinai Congregation, 15 W. Delaware Pl., Chicago, IL. Interment at Rosehill Cemetery. Memorials to Spertus Center, 610 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60605 or Jewish War Veterans. For info: Piser Funeral Services, 847-679-4740. FOX

ETHA BEATRICE “BEA” FOX, RET. CAPT. U.S. COAST GUARD

BELOVED DAUGHTER OF THE LATE DR. NATHAN I. FOX AND MARY (Nee DIAMON) PRACTICED BEFORE THE US COURT OF APPEALS, LAW AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION DIVISION LIFE TRUSTEE OF CHICAGO SINAI CONGREGATION FOUNDER AND SECRETARY EMERITUS WOMAN’S BAR ASSOCIATION, CHICAGO CHAPTER. MEMBER OF ILLINOIS BAR ASSOCIATON AND AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION. MEMBER OF NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR JEWISH WOMEN FUNERAL THURSDAY, SEPT 13 AT 11:00 AM AT CHICAGO SINAI CONGREGATION, 15 W. DELAWARE AVE. CHICAGO, IL INTERMENT ROSEHILL CEMETERY MEMORIALS TO SPERTUS CENTER, 610 S. MICHIGAN AVE. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60605