Louis Brandeis was born in Louisville, Kentucky. He graduated from Harvard University in 1877 and began practicing law in Boston the following year. Brandeis created an innovative plan for affordable life insurance that was later used in Massachusetts and other states. He was frequently involved in cases concerning monopolies and cartels. In 1916 he was appointed associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, a position he held until 1939. Brandeis was the first Jewish member of the Court and an active Zionist, a supporter of forming a Jewish homeland. Brandeis University, founded in 1948, was named after him.
