Berge, Wendell, 1903-1955

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1903, Apr. 24 Born, Lincoln, Neb. 1925 A.B., University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Neb. 1926 Married Laura Elizabeth Whelpley 1927 LL.B., University of Michigan, Ann Abor, Mich. 1928 1930 With law firm of Root, Clark, Buckner, and Ballantine, New York, N.Y. 1930 Ph.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. Appointed special assistant to attorney general 1931 Admitted to District of Columbia bar 1935 1937 Chief of Appellate Section, Antitrust Division, Department of Justice 1937 1940 First assistant to head, Antitrust Division, Department of Justice 1941 Appointed assistant attorney general 1943 1947 Head, Antitrust Division, Department of Justice 1944 Published Cartels: Challenge to a Free World. Washington, D.C.: Public Affairs Press 1946 Published Economic Freedom for the West. Lincoln, Neb.: University of Nebraska Press 1947 Resigned as assistant attorney general 1947 1955 Private law practice 1955, Sept. 25 Died, Kensington, Md.

From the guide to the Wendell Berge Papers, 1907-1950, (bulk 1920-1947), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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