Oppler, Alfred C. (Alfred Christian), 1893-1982

Biographical note: German emigre jurist and administrator.

He was born in Thionville, Alsace-Lorraine and studied law and political science ast the universities of Munich, Freiburg, Berlin, and Strasslburg. His German career included service in the Prussian Ministry of Finances at Berlin, 1923-27; and as a associate justice of the Prussian Supreme Administrative Court and vice president of the Prussian Supreme Disciplinary Court, 1931-35. Oppler immigrated to the United States in 1939 and became a resident consultant at the Littauer School of Public Administration and was an instructor at Harvard University, 1940-44. He worked in the U.S. Foreign Economic Administration, 1944-46.

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