Papers, 1932-1951

Harvard University

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Harvard College was founded by a vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts on October 28, 1636 that allocated “400£ towards a schoale or colledge.” Subsequent legislative acts established the Board of Overseers, but it was the Charter of 1650 that created the Harvard Corporation as the College's primary governing board and defined its composition and authority. The College Charter became a contentious target for College officials, the Massachusetts Governor and General C...

Pound, Nathan Roscoe, 1870-1964

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Nathan Roscoe Pound (October 27, 1870 – June 30, 1964) was an American legal scholar and educator. He served as Dean of the University of Nebraska College of Law from 1903 to 1911 and Dean of Harvard Law School from 1916 to 1936. He was a member of the faculty at UCLA School of Law in the school's early years, from 1949 to 1952. The Journal of Legal Studies has identified Pound as one of the most cited legal scholars of the 20th century. ...

Chafee, Zechariah, 1885-1957

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Chafee was born in Providence, Rhode Island, and graduated from Brown University, where he was a member of Alpha Delta Phi, in 1907. Later, he received a law degree from Harvard University, completing his LL.B. in 1913. He was influenced by the theories of sociological Jurisprudence presented by Roscoe Pound and others at Harvard. He met Harold J. Laski, a political scientist and later a leader of the United Kingdom's Labour Party, who became a lifelong friend, there. He practiced at the law fir...

Walsh, J. Raymond (John Raymond), 1901-

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Harvard University. Corporation. Committee of Eight.

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Powell, Thomas Reed, 1880-1955

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Attorney, law professor, legal scholar, arbitrator. LL.B., Harvard, 1904; Ph.D., Columbia, 1913. Lecturer, fellow, prof., Columbia, 1907-1908, 1910-1925; prof. of law,, Harvard L.S., 1925-1949,. Spec. ass't to U.S. Att. Gen., 1936, 1941. Member, President's Emergency Board on National Railway Strike, 1941. Member and office holder, American Political Science Association including presidency. Author of books and articles on separation of powers. From the description of Papers of Thoma...

Dodd, E. Merrick (Edwin Merrick), 1888-1951

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October 31, 1898 Born Providence, Rhode Island. 1910 A.B., Harvard College. 1913 LL.B., Harvard Law School. 1913-14 Practiced law with Brandeis, Dunbar & Nutter, Boston. 1914-16 Practiced law with Herrick, Smith, Donald & Farley, Boston. 1916-17 Associate Professor of Law, Washington and Lee University. 1917-18 Legal Section, United States War Industries Board. 1919-22 Practiced law with Channing, Corneau & Frothingham, Boston; member of firm, 1920-22. 1922-27 Profess...

Ropes & Gray

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Sweezy, Alan Richardson, 1907.

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