Harvard Law School - Yearbook (Cambridge, MA)

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ROBERT BRAUCHER Professor of Law From 1939 to 1941 Professor Braucher was engaged in the practice of law in New York City. In 1941 he joined the Army and served as a pilot in the Air Force and later with Military Intelligence. After his discharge he returned to Harvard. In 1948 and 1949 he served as consultant to the New York Law Revision Commission. This year Professor Braucher is teaching Commercial Law. Born: 1916 in New York City. A.B., 1936, Haverford College, LL.B., 1939, Harvard. ERNEST JOSEPH BROWN Professor of Law Professor Brown began the practice of law in Buffalo, N. Y., in 1931. After several years of general litigation work he devoted most of his time to tax and corporate matters. Beginning in 1937 he combined practice with teaching at the University of Buffalo Law School. From 1942 to 1945 Professor Brown was a Captain in the Office of Strategic Services. He came to the Law School in 1946 and is teaching Taxation and Constitutional Law. Born: 1906 at Lake Providence, Louisiana. A.B., 1927, Princeton, LL.B., 1931, Harvard. Page twenty-two ANDREW JAMES CASNER Professor of Law Before coming to the Harvard Faculty in 1938, Professor Casner served on the Law School faculties of the following Universities: Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Texas, and Leland Stanford. He was a Colonel in the Army Air Force from 1942 to 1945. Professor Casner participated both as a reporter and as an adviser in the preparation of the Restatement of Property. He was also Reporter for the Uniform Property Act and has contributed a number of articles in the property field to legal periodicals. He is co-editor with Professor Leach of a casebook for Property I. This year he is teaching Property I and Property II. Born: 1907 in Chicago, Illinois. A.B., LL.B., 1929, University of Illinoisg S.J.D., 1941, Columbia.

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WARREN ABNER SEAVEY Bussey Professor of Law In 1906 Professor Seavey organized the Law School of Pei Yang University, China. From 1912 to 1920 he served consecutively at Harvard and on the faculties of the Universities of Oklahoma, Tulane, and Indiana. He was president of the Association of American Law Schools, 19473 was co-reporter for the Rcstatements of Agency, judge- ments, Restitution and Tortsg is editor of the American Case Book Series and has compiled casebooks on Torts and Agency. He now teaches Agency, Restitution and Torts. Born: 1880 in Boston, Massachusetts. ROBERT AMORY, JR. Professor of Law Professor Amory spent two and one half years with the firm that is now Cahill, Gordon, Zachry and Reindel in New York City, specializing in corporate and anti-trust matters. His active military service began in January, 1941, as a private and took him through New Guinea, New Britain and most of the Philippines as a battalion and finally a regimental commander of amphibian engi- neers. For six months in 1946 he served as assistant treasurer of a textile mill and then joined the faculty of the Harvard Law School. Professor Amory tried his hand at politics this year, and was elected to the Cambridge School Board. He is now teaching Accounting and Cor- porations I. V Born: 1915 in Boston. ROBERT RICHARDSON BOWIE Professor of Law From 1934 to 1942 Professor Bowie practiced law in Baltimore. During that period he served as Assistant Attorney General for Mary- land for one year and also acted as Reporter to the Committee on Rules and Procedure, appointed by the Court of Appeals of Maryland. From 1942 to 1946 he served in the Army. For three years he was with the Procurement Legal Division in the War Department and then was Special Assistant to the Deputy Military Governor in Germany. This year Professor Bowie is teaching Government Regulations of Business and a Seminar on the Civil Aeronautics Board. Born: 1909 in Baltimore, Maryland. A.B., 1931, Princetong LL.B., 1934, Harvard. A.B., 1936, LL.B., 1938, Harvard. Page twenty-one

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DAVID FARQUHAR CAVERS Professor of Law Professor Cavers joined the Law School Faculty in the summer of 1946. Previously he had taught here as instructor for the year 1929-30, having practiced in New York before that. He then became Assistant Professor at the West Virginia University College of Law. From 1931 to 1945 he was Professor of Law at Duke University, and Visiting Professor at the University of Chicago and at Yale University. Professor Cavers established and edited the Duke University Law School Quarterly, Law ana' Contemporary Problems. During the war he served as Assistant General Counsel for Price and later as Associate General Counsel for Price in the OPA. Professor Cavers is teaching Conflicts and is supervising the first year program of group work. Born: 1902 in Buffalo, New York. B.S. in Economics, 1923, University of Pennsylvania, LL.B., 1926, Harvard. ARCHIBALD COX Professor of Law After graduation from Harvard Law School in 1937 Professor Cox was secretary to the Honorable Learned Hand, judge of the United States Court of Appeal. From 1938 to 1941 Professor Cox practiced Law in Boston. He was appointed Visiting Professor in October, 1945, and Professor in 1946. During the spring term, 1947, he was Acting Vice-Dean. In 1941 he served with the National Defense Mediation Board and in December of that year joined the Office of the Solicitor General, Department of justice, where he remained until 1943. He held the position of Associate Solicitor of the United States Department of Labor from 1943 to 1945. Professor Cox is now teaching Labor Law and Torts. He is also conducting a Labor Seminar. Born: 1912 in Plainfield, N. J. A.B., 1934, LL.B., 1937, Harvard. RICHARD HINCKLEY FIELD Professor of Law After fourteen years of practice in Boston, Professor Field joined the staff of the Office of Price Administration in 1942 as Regional Attorney in Boston. In December, 1943, he went to Washington and served for three years as General Counsel of the O.P.A. In December, 1946, Professor Field resigned his government position and came to the Harvard Law Faculty. This year he is teaching Procedure and Ad- ministrative Law. Born: 1903 in Phillips, Maine. A.B., 1926, LL.B., 1929, Harvard. Page twenty-three