Diplomas, honorary degrees, citations and awards of persons affiliated with Harvard Law School.

Glueck, Eleanor Touroff, 1898-1972

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Glueck, Sheldon, 1896-1980

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Criminologist, law professor, legal scholar, playwright. Prof. Harvard Law School, 1929-1963. Director, basic research into causes, management and prevention of juvenile delinquency, 1925-1972. Member, Advisory Comm. on Rules of Criminal Procedure, U.S. Supreme Court, 1941-1942, 1960-1966. Advisor to Justice Robert H. Jackson on War Crimes, 1944-1945. Recipient Isaac Ray award, American Psychological Association, 1961. From the description of Papers, 1916-1972. (Harvard Law School Libr...

Freund, Paul Abraham, 1908-1992

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Paul Abraham Freund, 1908-1992, was a preeminent legal scholar. Under the guidance of Professor Thomas Reed Powell, Felix Frankfurter and others, Freund became a standout student at Harvard Law School, and was elected as President of the Harvard Law Review from 1930-1931. After receiving his S.J.D. magna cum laude in 1932, Freund spent a year as clerk to Supreme Court Justice, Louis Brandeis. He remained in Washington for the rest of the decade, working as a government...

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. ...

Friendly, Henry Jacob, 1903-1986

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1903 Born, Elmira, New York, July 3. 1923 Graduated from Harvard, summa cum laude, history. 1927 Harvard Law School, summa cum laude. Editor-in-chief, Harvard Law Review. 1927 1928...

Williston, Samuel, 1861-1963

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Professor of law. A.B., Harvard College 1882; L.L.B. Harvard Law School (1888); professor, Harvard Law School (1890-1963). From the description of Certificates and appointments, 1888-1919. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 235928448 Attorney, law teacher. A.M. 1882, Harvard College; LL.B. 1888, Harvard Law School; LL.D., Harvard, 1910; Amherst, 1923; Yale, 1926. Prof. law, Harv. Law School, 1890-1938. From the description of Letter to Erwin N. Gri...

Griswold, James, 1828-1892

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Russell, William

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Slaveholder who believes some of his slaves were aided in their escape by men from Morgan County, Illinois. From the description of Letter, January 4, 1848. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 54484873 Flatboats are long rectangular boats with flat bottoms and squared ends that were used to carry freight along inland rivers and canals. They were a popular form of transportation for American settlers who traveled the Allegheny, Mississippi, and Ohio Ri...

Curtis, Benjamin Robbins, 1809-1874

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Curtis was a graduate of Harvard College (1829), attended Harvard Law School (1829-1830, 1832), was associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1851-1857) and acted as counsel to Andrew Johnson during his impeachment trial (1868). From the description of Legal opinions, ca. 1858-1868. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 234338978 Epithet: Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person :...

Winn, Jacob Bannister.

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Ferguson, Clarence Clyde, 1924-1983

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On November 4, 1924, Clarence Clyde Ferguson was born to Clarence Clyde and Georgeva (Owens) Ferguson. From 1942-1946, he served in the United States Army and was decorated with a Bronze Star. In 1948, he earned an A.B. from Ohio State University and in 1951 earned an LL.B. from Harvard University. In 1951 he also earned admission to the Bar of Massachusetts. From 1951- 1952, Ferguson was a Teaching Fellow at Harvard Law School and Harvard College. Additionally, he was a U.S. representativ...

Sacks, Albert M. (Albert Martin), 1920-1991

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Foulkes, Franklin Pierce.

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Alexander, Charles, 1897-1962

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Charles Dewey Alexander was born in Ponca, Nebraska, on October 27, 1897. He moved to the Albany, Oregon area with his parents two years later. He attended Albany schools and began working in the printing trade as a teenager, first in his brother's printing shop, then with the Albany Democrat newspaper. Alexander was an avid reader, and wanted to give local writers an opportunity to see their writings in print. He edited a Sunday edition featuring works by Linn County writers. Alexander began wr...

Rodes, Charles Henry.

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Mannsfield, Walter Roe, 1911-1987.

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Perrin-Kemp, William.

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Hubbard, Ludovic Kelly.

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Griswold, Erwin N. (Erwin Nathaniel), 1904-1994

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Erwin N. Griswold was born in Cleveland in 1904. He graduated in 1925 from Oberlin College with the A.B. in mathematics and the A.M. in political science. He received the LL. B. degree from Harvard University Law School in 1928 and the S.J.D. degree in 1929. From 1929 to 1934, he served in the Office of Solicitor General, returning to Cambridge in 1934. He taught on the Law Faculty of Harvard Law School from 1934 to 1967 and was Dean from 1946 to 1967. From 1967 to 1973, he was U.S. Solicitor Ge...

Jacoby, Lysander C.

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Crowley, John A. C.

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Frankfurter, Felix, 1882-1965

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Felix Frankfurter (November 15, 1882 – February 22, 1965) was an American lawyer, professor, and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Frankfurter served on the Supreme Court from 1939 to 1962 and was a noted advocate of judicial restraint in the judgments of the Court. Frankfurter was born in Vienna, Austria, and immigrated to New York City at the age of 12. After graduating from Harvard Law School, Frankfurter worked for Secretary of War Henry ...

Thayer, Ezra Ripley, 1866-1915

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Thayer graduated from Harvard in 1888, taught law and was Dean of the Harvard Law School. From the description of Papers of Ezra Ripley Thayer, 1911-1915 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972897 Attorney, teacher, administrator. LL.B. Harvard Law School 1891, Dane Prof. and Dean 1910-1915. Secretary to Justice Horace Gray, U.S. Supreme Court 1892-1893. Practiced law in Boston 1893-1910. Author: References to Cases and Statutes to Accompany Lectures on ...

Scott, Austin Wakeman, 1884-1981

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Law teacher, legal scholar. A.B., Rutgers, 1903; LL.B., Harvard, 1909. LL.D., Rutgers, Harvard, Brown, Osgoode Hall; D.C.L. Oxford U., 1954. Member of Harv. Law S. faculty, 1910-1961; Emeritus, 1961-1981. Dean, Coll. of Law, State U. of Iowa, 1911-1912. Reporter for Am. Law Institute. President, AALS; Fellow, AAAS; Author: The Law of Trusts (various editions); articles in legal and other professional journals. From the description of Papers, 1906-1979. (Harvard Law School Library). W...

Lumbard, J. Edward.

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Judge. From the description of Reminiscences of Joseph Edward Lumbard, Jr. : oral history, 1977. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122513811 Lawyer, Judge. From the description of Reminiscences of J. Edward Lumbard : oral history, 1979. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86147661 ...

Jessup, Philip C.

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Kohlmann, Hugo.

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Katz, Milton, 1907-1995

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Government official and professor of law at Harvard University. From the description of Papers, 1932-1952. (Harry S Truman Library). WorldCat record id: 70944318 ...

Harvard Law School

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Law clubs were established to provide students an opportunity to practice preparing and arguing law cases as realistically as possible. Law clubs began to be founded at Harvard in the 19th century; one of the earliest was the Marshall Club, founded in 1825. In 1910, the Board of Student Advisers was formed, and the more formal Ames Competition in Appellate Brief Writing and Advocacy was established. From the description of General information by and about Harvard Law School clubs, 18...

Jerome, Roswell Hart.

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Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr., 1841-1935

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Holmes was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to the prominent writer and physician Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. and abolitionist Amelia Lee Jackson. Dr. Holmes was a leading figure in Boston intellectual and literary circles. Mrs. Holmes was connected to the leading families; Henry James Sr., Ralph Waldo Emerson and other transcendentalists were family friends. Known as "Wendell" in his youth, Holmes, Henry James Jr. and William James became lifelong friends. Holmes accordingly grew up in an atmospher...

Turner, George McLeod.

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Lurie, Reubben L. (Reuben Levi)

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Morris, William Gouverneur, -1884

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Principally concerning incident of mob violence against W.C. Deputy, Visalia, 1858, and animus of accusers. From the description of William Gouverneur Morris papers pertaining to his defense before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, [1870 Jan.-Mar.?]. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 26568347 ...

Gardner, George K. (George Knowles), 1891-

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Gardner graduated from Harvard in 1912 and taught law at Harvard. From the description of Papers of George K. Gardner, 1935-1956 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973044 ...

Baker, Ralph J. (Ralph Jackson), 1888-1966

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Langdell, C. C. (Christopher Columbus), 1826-1906

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Attorney, legal scholar. Dane Prof. of Law, 1870-1900, Harv. L.S.; Dean, 1870-1895; Dane Prof. Emeritus, 1900-1906. From the description of Research notes and correspondence, 1870-1900 (inclusive). (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 713338600 Langdell graduated from Harvard College with an AB in 1851, he earned a Harvard Law School LL.B. in 1853. He taught law and was Dean of the Harvard Law School. From the description of General information about...

Loring, Augustus Peabody, 1856-1938

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Augustus Peabody Loring (1856-1938) had an A.B. from Harvard College, 1878 LL.B. from Harvard Law School. In 1881, he studied in the office of Benjamin F. Brooks in Boston and was admitted to the Suffolk Bar, Nov. 1881. Loring married Ellen Gardner, June 3, 1884, and they had three children, Augustus Peabody, Jr., Caleb, Ellen Gardner Vaughan. Loring was the author of A Trustee's Handbook (1898), a Trustee: Albany Trust, Beacon Chambers Trust, Bedford Trust, and served two terms in the Massachus...

Mason, Henry Lowell

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Epithet: Minister of Eyke, county Suffolk British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001301.0x000142 Epithet: of Oxford British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001301.0x000153 ...