Tabor, Edward Otto, 1885-1948

Lawyer.

From the description of Papers of Edward Otto Tabor, 1918-1948. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83459277

Biographical Note

• 1885: Born, Oxford Junction, Iowa
• 1905: B.A., Tulane University, New Orleans, La.
• 1905 - 1908 : Graduate work at Tulane University, New Orleans, La; taught English, history and math, New Orleans, La., high school
• 1908 - 1909 : American scholar, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis.
• 1909: M.A., University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis.
• 1909 - 1913 : Taught high school English, Portland, Oreg.; worked in lumber camps in Oregon and in lead and silver mines in Idaho.
• 1916: LLB., Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Mass.
• 1917 - 1919 : Admitted to the bar and practiced law, Pittsburgh., Pa.
• 1918: Present at the Czech Declaration of Independence, Philadelphia, Pa.; organized the Czech Relief Fund; did Americanization work for the Council of National Defense
• 1919 - 1923 : Practiced law in partnership with W. E. Crow and S. Ray Shelby, Uniontown, Pa.
• 1923 - 1948 : Practiced law, Pittsburgh, Pa.
• 1929: Received Order of the Revolutionary Medal from the Republic of Czechoslovakia
• 1929: Traveled to Europe
• 1932: Participated in a debate on “Revision on the Treaty of Trianon,” Williamstown, Conn.
• 1937: Received the Order of the White Lion from the Republic of Czechoslovakia
• 1937 - 1938 : Organizer and chairman, Masaryk Institute
• 1927 - 1944 : Organizer, Masaryk Birthday Dinners
• 1937 - 1938 : Organizer, American relief to Czechoslovakia
• 1944 - 1948 : Organizer, American relief to Czechoslovakia
• 1948: Died

From the guide to the Edward Otto Tabor Papers, 1918-1948, (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)