Arnold, Thurman Wesley, 1891-1969

Lawyer.

From the description of Reminiscences of Thurman Wesley Arnold : oral history, 1961. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309720539

From the description of Reminiscences of Thurman Wesley Arnold : oral history, 1967. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122440626

From the description of Reminiscences of Thurman Wesley Arnold : interview, 1959. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122308235

American jurist and author.

From the guide to the Thurman Wesley Arnold letter to Bela Loblov and an autograph, 1942, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.)

Thurman Wesley Arnold, the son of lawyer C.P. Arnold, was born in Laramie, Wyoming, and educated at the University of Wyoming, Princeton, and Harvard, where he earned a law degree in 1914. He practised law briefly in Chicago before serving with the U.S. Army in France during World War I. Arnold returned to Laramie, where he practised law from 1919 to 1927, served as mayor from 1923 to 1924, served one term in the Wyoming House of Representatives (1921) and lectured in the University of Wyoming law school. He was dean of the University of West Virginia College of Law from 1927 to 1930 and taught at Yale from 1930 to 1938.

Arnold was named assistant attorney general of the U.S. in charge of the antitrust division in 1938 and was a Department of Justice representative on the Temporary National Economic Committee from 1938 to 1941. He was appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in 1943 and left the bench in 1945 to resume private practice with the Washington, D.C., law firm of Arnold, Fortas & Porter, where he remained active until his death in 1969.

From the description of Papers, 1895-1970 (bulk 1910-1970). (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center). WorldCat record id: 23737660

Thurman Wesley Arnold, the son of lawyer C.P. Arnold, was born in Laramie, Wyoming, and educated at the University of Wyoming, Princeton, and Harvard, where he earned a law degree in 1914. He practised law briefly in Chicago before serving with the U.S. Army in France during World War I. Arnold returned to Laramie, where he practised law from 1919 to 1927, served as mayor from 1923 to 1924, served one term in the Wyoming House of Representatives (1921) and lectured in the University of Wyoming law school. He was dean of the University of West Virginia College of Law from 1927 to 1930 and taught at Yale from 1930 to 1938.

Arnold was named assistant attorney general of the U.S. in charge of the antitrust division in 1938 and was a Department of Justice representative on the Temporary National Economic Committee from 1938 to 1941. He was appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in 1943 and left the bench in 1945 to resume private practice with the Washington, D.C., law firm of Arnold, Fortas & Porter, where he remained active until his death in 1969.

From the guide to the Thurman Wesley Arnold papers, 1895-1970 (bulk 1910-1970), (University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.)