Hart, Henry Melvin, Jr., 1904-1969

Born December 25, 1904 in Butte, Montana ; son of Henry Melvin and Mary (Tyson) Hart ; earned an A.B. summa cum laude, Harvard College, 1926 ; earned an LL.B. magna cum laude, 1930; S.J.D. 1931 ; earned an LL.D., Columbia, 1954 ; married Mary Jane White on December 3, 1932; 1 daughter, Elizabeth Tyson ; admitted to the Washington, D.C. Bar in 1939 ; law clerk to Justice Brandeis, U.S. Supreme Court from 1931-1932 ; assistant Professor, Harvard Law School, from 1932-1937 ; professor from 1937-1969 ; Dane Professor of Law from 1960-1969 ; Head Attorney with Office of U.S. Solicitor General from 1937-1938 ; Special Assistant to Immigration and Naturalization Service, U.S. Attorney General's Office from 1940-1941 ; Associate General Counsel to Office of Price Administration from 1942-1945 ; General Counsel, Office of Economic Stabilization from 1945-1946 ; Julius Stone Visiting Professor at Ohio State University from 1954-1955 ; recipient of Presidential Certificate of Merit, 1947 ; author (with Herbert Wechsler) of The Federal Courts and the Federal System, 1963 ; died March 24, 1969.