Ireland, Gordon, 1880-1950

Lawyer, Professor of civil and Latin American law, author, A.B., A.M., Harvard, 1901-1902; LL. B., Harvard Law, 1905; J.S.C., Yale Law, 1926. Asst. in Phil. Harvard, 1901-1903. Practiced law, 1904-1924. Head, Legal Dept., Cuba Cane Sugar Corp., 1925-1928. Asst. Prof. Latin Am. Law, Harvard Law, 1929-1932. Prof. civil and Latin Am. law, Louisiana State U. Law School from 1933.

From the description of Papers of Gordon Ireland, 1897-1944 (inclusive). (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 122372625

Lawyer, professor of civil and Latin American Law.

• 1880: born December 23, son of Oscar B. and Jeannie (Gordon) Ireland
• 1901: A.B. Harvard College, magna cum laude, final honors in Philosophy
• 1902: A.M. Harvard University
• 1905: LL.B. Harvard Law School
• 1908: November 11, m. Helen N. Maynard, c. Frederick, Elizabeth
• 1926: J.S.C. Yale Law School
• September 1901 - September 1903 : Assistant in Philosophy, Harvard University. Assisted Professors Francis Greenwood Peabody (Divinity) and George Santayana (Philosophy).
• 1904 - 1924 : Practiced law, admitted to Massachusetts (1904), New York (1906), Connecticut (1920) and United States Supreme Court (1919) bars; served as Deputy Commissioner, Department of Public Charities, New York State, 1914.
• 1925 - 1928 : Head of Legal Department, Cuba Cane Sugar Corporation.
• 1929 to 1932: Assistant Professor of Latin American Law, Harvard Law School.
• After 1933: Professor of Civil and Latin American Law, Louisiana State University Law School
• 1950: died

Author:

" El Digesto Cubano, " Vol. I, 1931

" Boundaries, Possessions and Conflicts in South America, " Harvard University Press, 1938

" Boundaries, Possessions and Conflicts in Central and North America and the Caribbean, " Harvard University Press, 1941

From the guide to the Papers, 1897-1944, (Harvard Law School Library, Harvard University)