Biography/History

• Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1902, the son of Matthew and Minnie Helen (Kanneberg) Naujoks.
• Married Doris A. Bullock, 1931; Children: Judith Doris, Nancy Marcia, Gracia Lynn
• Degrees: A.B., University of Wisconsin, 1924; LL.B., University of Wisconsin, 1925; M.A., University of Wisconsin, 1929; J.S.D., Yale University, 1930
• Admitted to Wisconsin Bar, 1925; Illinois Bar, 1937
• Professional Career:
  Staff, Office of Attorney General, Madison, Wisconsin, 1925-1936;
  Assistant Attorney General, 1927-1936;
  Associate, firm Ekern & Myers, Chicago, 1936-1941;
  Member firm Ekern, Myers & Mathias, 1942-1951;
  Partner firm Ekern, Naujoks & Ekern, 1951-1959;
  Private legal practice, Chicago, 1959-1961
• Special Assistant to Attorneys General of Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin in the Chicago water diversion litigation in the U.S. Supreme Court, from 1938
• General Legal Counsel, Great Lakes Harbors Association, Milwaukee, 1938-1957
• President and Legal Counsel, Great Lakes Harbors Association, 1957-1961
• Major Publications:
  “The Chicago Water Diversion Controversy,” Marquette Law Review, Dec. 1946, Feb. 1947, May 1947;
  “Title to Lands Under Navigable Waters” Marquette Law Review, May 1948;
  “Compacts and Agreements Between States and a Foreign Power,” Marquette Law Review, Winter 1952-1953
• Member U.S. Seventh Regional Loyalty Board
• Owner Rynksel Oil & Coal Company, 1952-1961
• Died in Wilmette, Illinois, April 13, 1961