Westengard, Jens Iverson, 1871-1918.

Attorney, educator, judge, diplomat. LL.B. Harvard, 1898. In real estate and banking in Chicago, 1890-1895. Practiced law in Boston, 1899-1903. Prof. of law, Harv. L. School, 1898-1903; Bemis Prof. of International law, 1915-1918. Advisor to Siamese gov't., 1903-1915. Appointed member of Permanent Court of Arbitration (Hague) 1911. Appointed Judge, Supreme Court of Appeals of Siam, 1911. Officer of Legion of Honor (France), Grand Cross of Crown of Siam.

Westengard graduated from Harvard in 1898 and taught law at Harvard.

Westengard, Jens Iverson, lawyer, educator, diplomat, judge.

b. Sept. 14, 1871.

s. Abel A. and Nelsigne D. (Iverson) Westengard.

West Division High School, Chicago, Ill., 1888.

LL.B. Harvard, 1898.

A.M. Harvard (honorary), 1903.

m. Rebecca A. Prosser, London, England, July 16, 1898.

In real estate and banking business, Chicago, 1890-1895.

Practiced law in Boston, 1899-1903.

Instructor of law, 1898; assistant professor of law, 1899-1903; Bemis Professor of International Law 1915-1918, Harvard Law School.

Assistant general adviser to His Siamese Majesty's Govt. 1903; acting general adviser Dec. 1905-Feb. 1907 and Feb. 1908-April 1909; general adviser with rank of minister plenipotentiary, April 1909-Sept. 1915.

Appointed member of Hague Permanent Court of Arbitration 1911.

Judge, Supreme Court of Appeals of Siam, 1911.

Siamese title: Phya Kalyan Maitri; decorated with Grand Cross of the Crown of Siam; spl. second class of Chula Chom Klao; second class of Order of Ratanaphorn (Siam); Officer of Legion of Honor (France); Grand Cross of the Order of Dannebrog (Denmark).

d. Sept. 17, 1918, Cambridge, Massachusetts.