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Klarkowski, Stanley H.
Lawyer, judge, Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Ill. Born Sept. 19, 1891 in Chicago, Ill. The son of Dr. B. Klarkowski. Married Susan Korzeniowski, June 1, 1921; educated in the public and parochial schools of Chicago, University of Notre Dame and completed study of law in John Marshall Law School. Admitted to Bar 1913; served as Assistant Prosecuting Attorney in city of Chicago for two years; Assistant State's Attorney Cook County, eight years; enlisted during World War I in the U.S. Army and honorably discharged Dec., 1918; engaged in private practice of law. In June, 1927, elected Judge of Circuit Court of Cook County; re-elected in 1939; has served as Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Cook County and Criminal Court of Cook County; Chief of the Law Division and Chief of the Chancery Division of the Circuit Court and a member of the Executive Committee of the Court; first judge of Polish ancestry elected to the Circuit Court of Cook County. Member of American and Illinois Bar associations; forty-and-eight, Past Commander of Allied Post 226, American Legion; member of Polish National Alliance and other civic and fraternal organizations; affiliated with the Republican party. Prominent and active in social, civic and Polish affairs. Residence: 1325 North Ashland Avenue, Chicago, Ill.

From: "Who's Who in Polish America" by Rev. Francis Bolek, Editor-in-Chief; Harbinger House, New York, 1943

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