George Washington University - Cherry Tree Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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To (tltarlfa Nub Ip (Srpgary In recognition of his loyalty to the University and in token of the esteem in which he is held by the students this book is dedicated...,.

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(Eharlps Nnblr (Sregury, A. UL ICiL 0. NOBLE GREGORY, Dean of the Department of Law ML was born in New York and taken in childhood by his to Madison, Wisconsin, where he was reared and educated, ler was for many years a prominent lawyer and man of public i that city; and his mother was a woman of strong character, l manner and many social accomplishments. With the advan- tages of such parentage and the opportunities which were thus afforded, it was perhaps not surprising that the son should be graduated with high honor from the University of Wisconsin, of which his father was a regent, and that he should complete his law course with distinction in that institution and should receive from it later the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws, Becoming a member of a law partnership with his father, he was in active practice until his appointment as Associate Dean of that Law School, During his service in this capacity the standard of the school was elevated to a high plane and the Harvard case system of instruction was introduced. In the meantime Mr, Gregory had been engaged in various municipal and national activities, having been Alderman, Chairman of the Council Committee on Water Works, and Member of the Board of Education and the Board of Trade, as well as having been prominent in the movement for Civil Service Reform, In 1901 Mr, Gregory was chosen as the Dean of the College of Law of the State University of Iowa, an office which he filled very creditably for ten years, resigning in 1911. Mr. Gregory has long been an active member of the American Bar Association ; he has served several terms on its Executive Committee and for many terms as a member of its General Council. Later he was the President of the Association of American Law Schools. His personal contributions to the advancement of the science of law have been principally in the field of international law. For some years he was chairman of the standing committee on that branch of law of the American Bar Association, and took part in founding the American Association of International Law. He is a member of the International Law Association of London and has served for two terms on its Council, and was selected as a Vice-President. One of his papers read at the meetings of that Association was 4 ‘The Doctrine of Continuous Voyage, ' ’ which has since been published in the Harvard Law Review. He is a Membre Correspondant de L ' lnstitul de Droit Compare of Brussels and a member of the Board of Editors of the American Journal of International Law. As a result of his writings and his membership in these various societies, he has formed an extensive acquaintance with prominent men in this country and abroad, with whom he has carried on an extensive correspondence. First and foremost. Dean Gregory will long be remembered by the students of the University as an excellent teacher of law and as a man of superior administrative ability. His methodical presentation of subjects and the clearness of his exposition have commanded the respect and admiration of his students, while his strictness in requiring substantial attainments, coupled with an unfailing and charming personal concern for the students 1 welfare, not only during their course of study, but during subsequent experi- ence as practitioners, have commanded and secured the admiration and affection of both students and alumni of the University. 7