Sutherland, Arthur Eugene (1902-1973).

Attorney, law teacher, legal scholar. LL. B., Harv. Law School, 1925. Prof. of law, Cornell, 1945-1950; Harvard, 1950-1970. Practiced law, Rochester, N.Y., 1926-1941. Fulbright lecturer, Oxford U. (England), 1956. Delegate, N.Y. State Constitutional Convention, 1938. Holmes lecturer, U.N.C., 1963. Author: Cases and Materials on Commercial Cases and Other Problems (1952); Constitutionalism in America (1965); etc.

From the description of Papers of Arthur Eugene Sutherland, 1923-1972 (inclusive), 1950-1972 (bulk). (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 122520861

Sutherland, Arthur Eugene, attorney, law professor, legal scholar.

b. Rochester, N.Y., February 9, 1902.

s. Arthur E. and Eleanor (Reed) S.

Educated in public and private schools, U.S. and Switzerland.

A.B. Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1922.

LL.B., Harvard, 1925; J.S.D., Suffolk University, 1960.

m. Margaret Adams, September 10, 1927 (deceased January, 1958); children: David Adams, Peter Adams, Eleanor Reed, and Prudence.

m. second Mary Genung Kirk, February 21, 1959.

Associated with American Commission for Relief in the Near East, in Asia Minor and Thrace, 1919.

Admitted to the New York State Bar, 1926; practiced in Rochester, New York, 1926-1941.

Secretary to Oliver Wendell Holmes, U.S. Supreme Court, 1927-1928.

Commissioner, Uniform State Laws of New York, 1948-1950.

Professor of Law, Cornell University, 1945-1950.

Professor of Law, Harvard, 1950-1955; Bussey Professor of Law, 1955-1970; Bussey Professor of Law Emeritus, 1970-

Purington Visiting Professor of Political Science, Mt. Holyoke College, 1958-1959.

Fulbright Lecturer, Oxford University (England), 1956.

Oliver Wendell Holmes Lecturer under the Oliver Wendell Holmes Devise, presented at University of North Carolina, 1963.

Delegate, New York State Constitutional Convention, 1938.

Trustee of Mt. Holyoke College.

Served with United States Army, 1941-1945; Office of Under-Secretary of War, Headquarters, 1st Infantry Division, Headquarters 5th Army; U.S. Forces, Austria; in Mediterranean and E.T.O.; Discharged as colonel, 1945; ret. Colonel. O.R.C.

American Legion of Merit with Cluster, Bronze Star Medal (U.S.) Order Brit. Empire; Cross of War (twice) (France); Czechoslovakian War Cross; Ouissam Alaouite (Morocco); Volontari della Liberta, Italy.

Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Member American Law Institute; American, New York State Bar Associations.

d. March 8, 1973.

Author:

Cases and Materials on Commercial Cases and Other Problems, 1952; and also The Law of Transactions (with others), 1951.

Constitutional Law and One Man Among Many, 1956.

Constitutionalism in America, 1965.

Apology for Uncomfortable Change, 1863-1963 (The Oliver Wendell Holmes Lectures, 1963), 1965.

Also other books and legal journal articles.

From the guide to the Papers, 1923-1972, (Harvard Law School Library, Harvard University)