Dodd, E. Merrick (Edwin Merrick), 1888-1951

October 31, 1898 Born Providence, Rhode Island. 1910 A.B., Harvard College. 1913 LL.B., Harvard Law School. 1913-14 Practiced law with Brandeis, Dunbar & Nutter, Boston. 1914-16 Practiced law with Herrick, Smith, Donald & Farley, Boston. 1916-17 Associate Professor of Law, Washington and Lee University. 1917-18 Legal Section, United States War Industries Board. 1919-22 Practiced law with Channing, Corneau & Frothingham, Boston; member of firm, 1920-22. 1922-27 Professor of Law, University of Nebraska. 1927-28 Acting Professor of Law, University of Chicago. 1928 Married Winifred Hyde, of Lincoln, Nebraska. 1928-51 Professor of Law, Harvard University; Fessenden Professor, 1946-51. 1928-33 Adviser, American Law Institute Restatement of Business Associations. 1937-38 Harvard University, Committee of Eight, Walsh-Sweezy appointment termination case. 1940s Compliance Commissioner, local office of United States War Production Board. November 3, 1951 Died with his wife in an automobile accident, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

From the guide to the Papers, 1932-1951, (Harvard Law School Library, Harvard University)