Harvard Law School - Yearbook (Cambridge, MA)

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WALTER BARTON LEACH Professor of Law After graduation from Harvard, Professor Leach served as secretary to Mr. Justice Holmes for the year 1924-25. Returning to Boston in 1925 he combined private practice with teaching in Northeastern Uni- versity's Law School. In 1929 he joined the Harvard Law School faculty. Professor Leach is the author of several articles on Perpetuities. He acted as an adviser on the Restatement of Property and Reporter for the part dealing with Powers of Appointment. He is the editor of case- books on Future Interests, on Wills, and on Hrst year Property. An infantry private in 1918, Professor Leach served in World War II as a Colonel in the Air Corps. Since his return he has taught Property I and Property II. Born: 1900 in Boston, Massachusetts. A.B., 1921, LL.B., 1924, Harvard. JAMES ANGELL MacLACHLAN 1 1 Professor of Law j Professor MacLachlan began the practice of law in Chicago in 1916. N From 1917 to 1919 he served as captain in the Field Artillery. On receiving his discharge he resumed his Chicago practice and in 1924 , joined the Harvard Law School faculty. The author of several law review articles, Professor MacLachlan edited Cases on Federal Anti-Trust Laws, and his Casebook on Creditors' Rights and Statutory Supplement have been completely revised in the 1949 edition. During World War II he served in Washington, D. C., as special counsel for the OPA, Assistant Solicitor of the XVar Relo- cation Authority, and Contract Renegotiator for the U. S. Maritime Commission. He is at present a member of the Council of the Atlantic Union Committee. Professor Maetaehlan is teaching Creditors' Rights, Mortgages and Suretyship. Born: 1891 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. A.B., 1912, University of Michigan, LL.B., 1916, Harvard. JOHN MacARTHUR MAGUIRE Professor of Law Professor Maguire joined the Harvard Law School Faculty in 1923 after twelve years of practice in Boston. During YX'orld War I he was a member of the War Emergency Division of the Department of Justiceg in 1938 and again in 1943 he was consulting expert for the United States Treasury Department. Professor Maguire was vice-chairman of the American Bar Asso- ciation Committee on Jurisdiction and Law Reform. He is at present one of the Special Consultants on the Income Tax Project of the American Law Institute. He is co-editor with Professor Morgan of a casebook on Evidence and co-editor with Professor Magill CColumbiaj of Cases on Taxation. Professor Maguire is teaching State and Local Taxation, Evidence and Special Tax Problems. Born: 1888 in Denver, Colorado. A.B., 1908, Colorado College, LL.B., 1911, Harvard. Page twenty-s-ix

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HENRY MELVIN HART, JR. Professor of Law After receiving his S.,I.D. degree in 1931, Professor Hart served for a year as secretary to Mr. Justice Brandeis, returning in 1932 as a member of the Harvard Law Faculty. In the year 1937-38 he was on leave of absence to act as attorney in the office of the Solicitor General, in 1940-41 he was special assistant to the Attorney General attached to the Immigration and Naturalization Service. Professor Hart was Associate General Counsel for Price in the O.P.A. from 1942 to 1945 and General Counsel in the Office of Economic Stabilization in 1945-46. He is the author of numerous articles in the field of public law and is now teaching Federal Jurisdiction and Legis- lation. He also holds a seminar in Legislation. Born: 1904 in Butte, Montana. A.B., 1926, LL.B., 1930, S.,I.D., 1931, Harvard. MARK DeWOLFE HOWE Professor of Law From 1933 to 1934 Professor Howe was secretary to Mr. justice Holmes, and then entered practice in Boston. He was with the Law School of the University of Buffalo from 1937 to 1943, first as professor and later as Dean. Professor Howe served as Colonel in World War II with the American Military Government and with the Civil Aifairs Division of the War Department. Upon his discharge in 1945, he returned to Harvard. He was editor of the Holmes-Pollack Lriirrs 119411 and Touched with Fire 09461. He teaches Admiralty, American Legal History, and Con- stitutional Law. Born: 1906 in Boston, Massachusetts. A.B., 1928, LL.B., 1933, Harvard. BENJAMIN KAPLAN Professor of Law Professor Kaplan practiced law in New York from 1933 to 1942, engaging chiefly in Appellate Court cases. He entered the Army in 1942 and in 1945 joined the office of the Assistant Secretary of War for duty with Mr. Justice Jackson, United States Chief of Counsel for the Prosecution of Axis Criminality. He joined the Harvard Law School Faculty in the spring of 1947 and was appointed Professor early in 1948. Professor Kaplan is now teaching Procedure and Contracts. Born: 1911 in New York, New York. A.B., 1929, College of the City of New York, LL.B., Columbia. Page twenty-five

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WILLIAM EDWARD MCCURDY Professor of Law After graduation from Harvard Professor McCurdy was secretary to Mr. Justice Brandeis in 1922-23. He has been on the Law School faculty since 1923, and has also taught at the University of Wisconsin, Cornell, North Carolina and Texas. He is a member of the American Law Institute's Groups for Rrsiatvmrnts of Contracts, Restitution, and Torts. In 1945-46 Professor McCurdy was Special Adviser to the Director of the Legal Division, U.S. Group C.C. Qlater Ofhce of Military Gov- ernment fU.S.j for Germanyj and Chief of the Legislation Drafting Section. From 1947-49 he was successively Chief of the Legal Advice Branch, Associate Director and Acting Director of the Legal Division, OMGUS. He is the editor of Cases on Persons and Domesiic Relations and Cases on Sales fwith Professor Willistonj. Professor McCurdy is now teaching Contracts. Born: 1893 in Augusta, Georgia. A.B., 1916, LL.B., 1921, S.j.D., 1922, Harvard. HAROLD JOSEPH BERMAN Assistant Professor of Law After receiving his B.A. from Dartmouth in 1938, Professor Berman studied for a year at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He then went to Yale, where he received his M.A. in 1942. From 1942-45 he served overseas with Signal Intelligence, and during that time learned Russian. He received his LL.B. from Yale in 1947 and was then appointed Assistant Professor of Law at the Stanford Law School. For 1948-49 he was appointed Associate Professor and given leave of absence to teach at Harvard. He is the author of numerous articles on Soviet Law in various law reviews. In addition to teaching Comparative Historical Method and Soviet and American Law in the Law School, he teaches a course and a seminar on Soviet State and Law in the School of Arts and Sciences under the auspices of the Committee on International and Regional Studies, and is active as a research associate with the Russian Research Center. Born: 1918 B.A., 1938, Dartmouth, M.A., 1942, LL.B., 1947, Yale. ARTHUR T von MEI-IREN Assistant Professor of Law After graduation from the Law School, Professor von Mehren was for a year secretary to the Honorable Calvert Magruder, Judge of the United States Court of Appeals. In 1946 he was appointed Assistant Professor of Law and sent abroad to study the continental systems of law, studying at the University of Zurich, 1946-47, and the University of Paris, 1948-49. He took a leave of absence in 1947-48 to serve with the Legal Division of the Occupation Military Government QU.S.j in Germany. Professor von Mehren is now teaching An Introduction to the Civil Law Systems, and a seminar on the French Legal System. Born: 1922 in Albert Lea, Minnesota. B.S., 1942, LL.B., 1945, Ph.D., 1946, Harvard. Page twenty-seven