F. Jay Nimtz

Who was F. Jay Nimtz?

F. Jay Nimtz was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.

Born in South Bend, Indiana, the youngest child of Frederick and Bertha Baske Nimtz, Nimtz attended the public schools, graduating from Central High School in 1933. He was in the Indiana University, A.B., 1938 and from the same university law school, LL.B., 1940. He was admitted to the bar in 1940 and commenced the practice of law in South Bend, Indiana. Inducted in the United States Army as a private June 13, 1941, and served until February 14, 1947, attaining the rank of lieutenant colonel, with overseas service in England, France, and Germany. He served fourteen months as assistant executive officer, Office of United States Chief of Counsel for Prosecution of Axis Criminality, OCCPAC. He served as colonel, United States Army Reserve, retired. He served as vice-chairman of the Lincoln Sesquicentennial Commission, 1958, and co-sponsored the legislation in Congress creating the commission. He served as member of board of directors, Saint Joseph County Department of Public Welfare. He was an unsuccessful candidate in 1947 for South Bend city judge and in 1948 for prosecutor of Saint Joseph County.