As tribute to a member of the bar on his election as president of the Federation for the Support of Jewish Philanthropic Societies, six hundred members of the bench and bar Sunday night gave a dinner to Sol M. Stroock in the Hotel Astor. Max D. Steuer presided.
Among the speakers were Chief Judge-elect Benjamin N. Cardozo, of the Court of Appeals; Federal Judge Julian W. Mack, Supreme Court Justice Joseph M. Proskauer and Louis Marshall. In his speech Justice Proskauer made known that Mr. Stroock had resigned as President of the Ninety-second Street Y. M. H. A. to accept the Presidency of the New York Federation for the support of Jewish philanthropic societies.
Mr. Stroock, who is fifty-five, was graduated from City College in 1891 and Columbia in the Faculty of Political Science the following year. He was graduated from Columbia Law School in 1895 and is a member of Stroock & Stroock.
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