Melvyn I. Cronin (June 13, 1898 – May 9, 1977) was a United States politician,[1] lawyer, and judge.
Cronin was born in San Francisco in 1898 and worked in the city's Park and Recreation Department where as a youth he taught baseball to his cousin Joe Cronin of later Boston Red Sox fame.
He graduated from St. Ignatius College, later the University of San Francisco, with a degree in law and started a partnership with controversial lawyer Vincent Hallinan.
During World War I he served in the United States Army.
This article about a member of the California State Assembly is a stub.