Born: August 27, 1892
Rome, Georgia

Died: September 17, 1979
Washington, D.C.

Charles Fahy

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

Received a recess appointment from Harry S Truman on October 21, 1949, to a new seat authorized by 63 Stat. 493; nominated to the same position by Harry S Truman on January 5, 1950. Confirmed by the Senate on April 4, 1950, and received commission on April 7, 1950. Assumed senior status on April 17, 1967. Service terminated on September 17, 1979, due to death.

Education:

Georgetown College Law School (now Georgetown University Law Center), LL.B., 1914

Charles Fahy bust

Sculpture
Terracotta bust, height 16″

Artist
Jacqueline Belfort-Chalat ( 1930 – ) began to train as an artist at the age of 13. While still in high school at age 15, she studied at Columbia University with Oronzio Maldarelli and is a graduate of the University of Chicago. After training at the Fashion Institute of Technology, she returned to more serious artistic endeavors and became a member of the Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen. She has worked in a number of mediums including marble, clay, bronze, oils, and acrylic. Professor Belfort-Chalat has received commissions in New York City and Syracuse, New York; Washington, D.C.; Rome; and Nigeria. Her other works are in collections in Europe and the United States.

Professor Belfort-Chalat has been a Professor of Fine Arts at Le Moyne College for over 40 years and was the founding Chair of the College’s Fine Arts Department.

Read Judge Fahy’s Oral History

Professional Career:

Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1914-1924, 1947-1949
U.S. Naval Reserve, 1917-1919
Private practice, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1924-1933
City attorney, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1932
First assistant solicitor, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1933
Member, Petroleum Advisory Board, 1933-1935; chairman, 1934-1935
General counsel, National Labor Relations Board, 1935-1940
Assistant solicitor general, U.S. Department of Justice, 1940
Member, President’s Naval and Air Base Commission to London, 1941
Solicitor general of the United States, 1941-1945
Legal adviser, Office of Military Government, United States, in Germany, 1945-1946
Adviser to American delegation, San Francisco Conference, 1945
Legal adviser, U.S. Department of State, 1946
Member, Legal Commission, United Nations General Assembly, 1947-1949
Chairman, President’s Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunities in the Armed Forces, 1948-1950
Chairman, Personnel Security Review Board, Atomic Energy Commission, 1949

Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

  • Papers, 1824-1985. 102 containers (40,500 items); finding aid; collection contains correspondence, diaries (1918-1949), speeches, writings, case files, subject files, and other papers.
  • Green Haywood Hackworth papers, 1912-1973; 5,000 items; finding aid; correspondence.
  • Harold Leventhal papers, 1932-1980; 94 linear ft. (80,000 items); finding aid; restricted; correspondence.
  • Elijah Barrett Prettyman papers, 1901-1971; 62 linear ft. (57,000 items); finding aid; correspondence.

Franklin D. Roosevelt Library and Museum, Hyde Park, N.Y.

  • Papers, 1933-1957.
  • 42 linear ft.; finding aid; restricted; collection contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, notes, minutes, legal documents, printed material, transcripts of hearings, and argument files from Fahy’s nonjudicial career.

University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Ind.

  • Papers, 1876-1974.
  • 16.6 linear ft.; collection contains professional and personal papers.

Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wis.

  • Records of the Catholic Association for International Peace, 1926-1970; 20.6 cubic ft.; finding aid; correspondence.

National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, Md.

  • Johnston Avery papers, 1944-1952; ca. 7 ft.; represented

Tulane University Amistad Research Center, New Orleans, La.

  • Records of the Catholic Committee of the South, 1939-1956; 825 items; finding aid; correspondence.
Judges of the D.C. Circuit Courts