Kales, Albert Martin, 1875-1922

Albert Martin Kales, born in 1875, graduated from Harvard Law School in 1899 and began practicing law in his native Chicago. In 1902, he also began teaching property law at Northwestern University Law School, and became a professor there in 1910. He also taught for one year (1916-1917) at his alma mater, Harvard Law, but turned down the offer to work there permanently because the school would not let him carry a personal case load of 6 cases a year, something he saw as the only way to stay truly up-to-date. Kales was also the author of several books, including Unpopular Government in the United States (1914) and Estates and Future Interests (1920). He died in 1922 of typhoid fever. John Chipman Gray 's Rule of Perpetuities was published in 1906, and as is apparent from the contents of this collection, was the subject of significant correspondence between Gray and Kales, as well as fodder for several Kales articles. Gray (1839-1915) was another Harvard Law graduate and the Royall Professor of Law at HLS for 44 years. He was also a founding partner of the prominent Boston firm of Ropes and Gray.

From the guide to the Correspondence on, The Rule Against Perpetuities, 1904-1913, (Harvard Law School Library, Harvard University)