John H. Lamneck

John Howard Lamneck was a jurist from Tuscarawas County, Ohio, who was appointed to the Ohio Supreme Court in 1953, serving for about a year. Youth John Lamneck was the son of Philip and Mary Lamneck. His older brother was Arthur P. Lamneck. He was born on May 3, 1891, in Port Washington, Ohio. He received a teaching certificate in 1915, and was later principal and superintendent of the high school in Port Washington. Career Lamneck studied law with a local lawyer and also took a course with the LaSalle Extension University of Chicago, Illinois. He passed the Ohio bar on December 5, 1918. In 1917, Lamneck became a payroll auditor for the Ohio Industrial Commission. He managed the Akron and Toledo branches of the Industrial Commission for six years, and was named by Ohio Governor A. Victor Donahey as chief of the division of workmen's compensation, and as assistant director of industrial relations.