Clarence G. Galston

Born in New York City, New York, Galston received a Bachelor of Science degree from the City College of New York in 1895, a Bachelor of Laws from the New York University School of Law in 1899 and an Artium Magister degree from New York University in 1900. He was in private practice in New York City from 1899 to 1929, and was special counsel on patent matters for the City of New York from 1912 to 1929. He was President of Woodmere Academy in Woodmere, New York from 1914 to 1929.[1]

Galston was nominated by President Herbert Hoover on April 18, 1929, to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, to a new seat authorized by 45 Stat. 1409. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on April 29, 1929, and received his commission the same day. He assumed senior status on January 1, 1957. His service terminated on January 22, 1964, due to his death in Woodmere.[1][2] He was interred in Mount Neboh Cemetery in Glendale, Queens, New York.[2]

Galston wrote a memoir of his judicial service, Behind the Judicial Curtain, published in 1959.[3]

• Clarence G. Galston at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
• Clarence G. Galston at Find a Grave