• EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE LAWYERS' COMMITTEE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS UNDER LAW, Washington D.C. - Member (Link)

• FUND FOR THE REPUBLIC AND THE CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS - Trustee (Link)

• PITZER COLLEGE (Claremont) - Trustee (Link)

• ACLU FOUNDATION - Director (Link)

• MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, LOS ANGELES - Former Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Life Trustee (Link)

• LOS ANGELES TASK FORCE ON ART - Member (Link)

• SPECIAL ADMINISTRATOR TO THE ESTATE OF SAM FRANCIS (Link)

• FREDERICK R. WEISMAN ART FOUNDATION - Trustee (Link)

• FREDERICK R. WEISMAN PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATION - Trustee (Link)

• WALT DISNEY CONCERT HALL COMMITTEE of The Music Center - Chairman (to 1996) (Link)

• THE MUSIC CENTER of Los Angeles County - Governor (to 1996) (Link)

• DANCE GALLERY, Los Angeles - Trustee (to 1994)

• CIVIC CENTER REVIEW COMMITTEE for the City of Beverly Hills - Member (to 1995) (Link)

• GREYSTONE FOUNDATION for the City of Beverly Hills - Former Chairman (Link)

• CALIFORNIA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION - Member (Link)

• THE CALIFORNIA COUNCIL ON TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION - Previous Member

• THE CALIFORNIA BUSINESS PROPERTIES ASSOCIATION - Previous Member Board of Directors (Link)

• COMMITTEE ON THE CALIFORNIA JUDICIAL SYSTEM - Los Angeles County Bar Association - Member ’83-'84 (Link)

• AMERICAN FEDERATION OF THE ARTS - Trustee (Link)

• AMERICAN ARTS ALLIANCE - Trustee

• LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION - Trustee (to 1996)

• ART CENTER COLLEGE OF DESIGN - Life Trustee (Link)

Active in many organizations involved in the needs and interests of the community:

• FOUNDER and FIRST PRESIDENT of Public Counsel, a Public Interest Law Firm of the Los Angeles County Bar Association and Beverly Hills Bar Association. Served also as Director and Treasurer.

• CHAIRMAN of the Shopping Center Subsection of the Real Property Section of the Beverly Hills and Los Angeles County Bar Associations

• PRESIDENT of The Maple Center - the Beverly Hills Community Counseling Center 1979-'97; and Member of the Board of Directors from 1975-'82

• COMMISSIONER of the California Broadcasting Commission from 1976-'84; and its FIRST CHAIRMAN 1976-'78

• GENERAL COUNSEL for the Beverly Hills Board of Realtors from 1971 through 1979

• BOARD OF GOVERNORS of the Beverly Hills Bar Association - served two terms: 1970-'72 and 1975-'77

Author of numerous articles and publications on real estate law which include:

• "COMMERCIAL REAL PROPERTY LEASE PRACTICE" published by the University of California Continuing Education of the Bar (1976): Co-author of a Two Volume Treatise

• "CALIFORNIA LAND SECURITY AND DEVELOPMENT" published by the University of California Continuing Education of the Bar (1960): Chapter: "Setting Up A Shopping Center"

Born in New York City, May 30, 1920. Son of Benjamin L. and Rose F. (Nechols) Nicholas. Married Eleanore Berman, Sept. 2, 1951 (divorced 1963). Children: Deborah, Jan, Tony. Married Joan Fields, Jan. 2, 1983.

• PRIVATE LAW PRACTICE 1962 - 1980

• LAW FIRM OF SWERDLOW, GLIKBARG & NICHOLAS 1956 - 1962

• LAW FIRM OF LOEB & LOEB 1952 - 1956

• UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LAW SCHOOL J.D. Degree - 1952

• UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LAW SCHOOL 1950 - 1951

• UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL Labor Correspondent, Honolulu 1947 - 1949

• UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA A.B. in Journalism - Graduated in 1947

• UNITED STATES ARMY Served October 1941 - November 1946 Promoted to rank of Captain

"ALBERT NELSON MARQUIS LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD" by Marquis Who's Who, July 25, 2019. (PDF)

"FREDERICK M. AND JOAN NICHOLAS LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD" Hillcrest Country Club - 2014 (video)

"FREDERICK M. NICHOLAS GARDEN OF HOPE" Public Counsel - 2010

"LOUIS B. FOX AWARD" Beverly Hills Bar Association - 2008

"LLOYD N. CUTLER LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD” Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Washington D.C. - 2008

Listed in "WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA, WHO'S WHO IN WORLD, WHO'S WHO IN AMERICAN LAW”

"AFFILIATE OF THE YEAR" American Institute of Architects - 2006

"L.A. COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD" American Institute of Architects - 2006

"AFFILIATE OF THE YEAR" ACLU Foundation - 2005

"EQUAL JUSTICE ADVOCACY AWARD" ACLU Foundation - 2005

"PARKINSON SPIRIT OF URBANISM AWARD" University of Southern California Architectural Guild - 2004

"AFFILIATE OF THE YEAR" University of Southern California Architectural Guild – 2004.

"DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD CLASS OF '52" University of Southern California - 2002

"CITY OF ANGELS AWARD" Central City Association of Los Angeles - 1994 (PDF)

"TRIBUTE AWARD" Los Angeles County Music Center - 1993

"UCLA DEAN'S COUNCIL AWARD" UCLA Graduate School of Architecture - 1993

"TRUSTEES' AWARD" California Institute of the Arts - 1993

"FOUNDERS AWARD" Public Counsel - 1990

"OUTSTANDING FOUNDER IN PHILANTHROPY AWARD" National Philanthropy Day Committee - 1990

"CORO FOUNDATION AWARD" Public Service - 1988

"THE MEDICI AWARD" for The Hapsmith Company Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce - 1987

"EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE AWARD" Beverly Hills Bar Association in 1986 and 2004

"CITIZEN OF THE YEAR" Beverly Hills Chamber of Commerce and Civic Association- 1983

"HONORARY AFFILIATE MEMBER FOR LIFE AWARD" Beverly Hills Board of Realtors - 1980

"CITIZEN OF THE YEAR" Beverly Hills Board of Realtors - 1978

"DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD" Beverly Hills Bar Association in 1974 and 1981

"AFFILIATE OF THE YEAR" Beverly Hills Board of Realtors in 1971 and 1974.

"THE MEDICI AWARD" Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce -1970 for "Outstanding Individual Commitment to the Arts in Los Angeles and the Nation"