Meyer Cardin
American lawyer and judge (1907-2005)
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::summary American lawyer and judge (1907-2005) ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Meyer Cardin |
| birth_name | Meyer Melvin Cardin |
| children | 2, including Ben |
| birth_date | |
| death_date | |
| education | University of Maryland (LLB) |
| state_delegate | Maryland |
| district | Baltimore City's 2nd |
| termstart | 1935 |
| termend | 1939 |
| birth_place | Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
| death_place | Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
| party | Democratic |
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| name = Meyer Cardin | birth_name = Meyer Melvin Cardin | children = 2, including Ben | birth_date = | death_date = | education = University of Maryland (LLB) | state_delegate = Maryland | district = Baltimore City's 2nd | termstart = 1935 | termend = 1939 | birth_place = Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. | death_place = Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. | party = Democratic
Meyer Melvin Cardin (July 14, 1907 – July 12, 2005) was an American jurist and politician who served as an associate judge on the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City. He served one term in the Maryland General Assembly and was a member of the Cardin political family. His brother, son, and grandnephew have all been elected to state or national positions.
Early life and education
Cardin was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of Anna and Harris Cardin, Russian Jewish immigrants. He grew up in a row house. His parents found employment with a soft drink manufacturer. He attended Baltimore City College and the Army and Navy Prep school. Cardin received his law degree from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1929.
Career
After passing the state bar exam, he partnered with his older brother, Jacob Cardin, in the law firm of Cardin & Cardin. In 1935, Meyer Cardin was elected to the Maryland House of Delegates for a single four-year term, from 1935 to 1939. Cardin was a Democrat.
Cardin's judicial career began in 1955 when he was appointed Baltimore's Chief Police Magistrate. Two years later, he was named Chief Magistrate of the Baltimore Traffic Court. Later he served as Chairman of the Maryland Workman's Compensation Commission from 1958 to 1961, until Governor J. Millard Tawes appointed Meyer Cardin to the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City as an associate judge, a post he held from 1961 until his retirement in 1977. He returned to work in the city's Circuit Court in 1984, continuing to hear cases until 1994, when he was 87.
Personal life
Judge Meyer Cardin met Dora Green, a school teacher, while visiting the Chicago World's Fair in 1933. The couple were married for 36 years until her death in 1972. He had two sons, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin, and Howard L. Cardin. Cardin and his second wife, Sylvia Jacobson, were married for 22 years until her death in 1998.
An active participant in the Masonic community and a 33rd-Degree Mason, Meyer Cardin was a member of St. John's Lodge 34, Yedz Grotto, the Golden Eagle Square and Compass Club and the Scottish Rite.
- Member House of Delegates 1935-39.
- Member Maryland State Bar Association
- Baltimore City, International and America Bar Association.
- Chairman Workmen's Compensation Commission 1958-61.
- Member Governor's Permanent Commission for Full-time Magistrates
- Injured Workmans' Rehabilitation Committee (Chairman 1960)
- Trail Magistrates Association of Maryland.
- Received Golden Eagle Humanitarian Award 1957
- State of Israel Award 1957-58
- Safety First Club Wheel master Distinguished Service Award 1958,
- Golden Eagle Man of the Year Award 1961
- Yedz Grotto Man of the Year 1962
- Trail Magistrates Association, of Merit and Appreciation 1962,
- Nu Beta Epsilon Alumni Achievement Award 1962
- B'nai B'rith Menorah Award 1963
- J.N.F. Forest in Israel Award 1969
- J.E.A. "Boy" of the Year Award 1971
- Save a Heart Humanitarian Award 1975.
- Member Scottish Rite of Freemason (awarded Honorary Degree Knight Commander Court of Honor), St. John's Lodge 34 (Past Master), Yedz Grotto *M.O.V.I.E.R (Past Monarch), Beacon Chapter Order of the Eastern Star (Past Patron)
- Golden Eagle Square and Compass Club( Past President)
- Talmudical Academy Board
- Almas Temple Shrine of Washington D.C.
- Menorah Lodge B'nai B'rith. !--
Cardin died from cancer at his home in Baltimore on July 12, 2005, at the age of 97.
References
- Livermore Sarah, ed. The American Bench: Judges of the Nation. Reginald Bishop Foster & Associates, Inc. United States, (1985):195.
References
- Tom LoBianco. (May 31, 2009). "Cardin set for battle on court pick". [[Washington Times]].
- http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~battle/senators/cardin.htm {{User-generated source. (June 2022)
- (July 14, 2005). "Meyer M. Cardin Judge, Polit ...". [[Washington Post]].
- Frederick N. Rasmussen. (July 13, 2005). "Meyer M. Cardin, 97, congressman's father, served as city judge". [[Baltimore Sun]].
- "Meyer Melvin Cardin (1907-2005)". Maryland State Archives.
- "Meyer Melvin Cardin, MSA SC 3520-14430".
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