Lane, Chester T., 1905-1959

Chester Tevis Lane

b. June 7, 1905, London, England

A.B., 1926, Harvard

LL.B., 1930, Harvard

m. Persis McClennen, 1927

Four children: David (b. 1935), Julia (b. 1937), Dinah (b. 1945), Chester Jr. (b. 1947)

d. March 12, 1959 of a heart attack

Admitted to the New York bar, 1931.

Associate in the New York City firms of Murray, Aldrich & Webb and Milbank, Tweed, Hope & Webb, 1931-1935.

Assistant General Counsel, Securities & Exchange Commission, 1935-1938.

General Counsel, SEC, 1938-1942.

Special Assistant to U.S. Attorney General, 1942-1945.

Deputy Foreign Liquidation Commissioner, Lend-Lease Administrator, 1946-1947.

Partner, Beer, Richards, Lane, Haller & Buttenwieser (Securities Regulation, Administrative Law, Trademarks, and Unfair Competition), 1947-1959.

Lecturer, New York University School of Law, 1949-1959.

Defense counsel for Alger Hiss, 1952.