Jacob H. Herzog ’32

A prominent attorney and civic leader in Albany, N.Y., Jake Herzog died at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., Oct. 22, 1995.

After obtaining his law degree from Albany Law School in 1935, Jake practiced law for the rest of his active life, except during WWII. He held many public offices throughout his career, including Albany City Court justice, county treasurer, member of the Albany board of education, and state adjutant general. He was a director or trustee of several organizations, including Albany Law School, where he served as president of the board; the former Home and City Savings Bank; Hartwick College; Albany Memorial Hospital, where he was board president; the Albany Public Library; and the church council of the First Lutheran Church of Albany.

Jake served in the Army during WWII, rising to the rank of lt. col. He received a Purple Heart, a Silver Star, and a Bronze Star, ultimately retiring from the Army Reserve as a brigadier general.

Jake was the widower of Betty Warren Herzog, a prominent portrait artist. He is survived by two sons, Jacob Jr. and Scott; two daughters, Madelon H. Miller and Mary E. Berkman; two stepsons, a brother, and 11 grandchildren. The class deeply sympathizes with all of them in the loss of one who so well served his community and his country.

The Class of 1932