Edward Allen Tamm

Edward Allen Tamm (typically "E.A. Tamm" in FBI files, sometimes "Edward Tamm") (April 21, 1906 – September 22, 1985) worked for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), reaching the third-highest position as Assistant to the Director (J. Edgar Hoover) before accepting an appointment as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia and then United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Background Edward Allen Tamm was born on April 21, 1906, in Saint Paul, Minnesota. His parents were Edward Allen Tamm and Lucille Catherine Buckley. In 1925, Tamm studied at St. Charles College of Helena, Montana. In 1930, he received an LLB from Georgetown University Law School. Career In 1928, Tamm arrived in Washington, where he Georgetown University Law School and graduated in 1930.