Harvard Law School - Yearbook (Cambridge, MA)

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WILLIAM J. CURRAN Lecturer in Legal Medicine Professor Curran was appointed to the Law School Faculty in the second semester of the academic year, 1956-1957. He had been engaged in teaching in the Medicolegal Prob- lems Seminar since 1954 as a member of the Harvard Medical School Faculty. At present, Professor Curran teaches the Med- icolegal Problems Seminar at the Law School and a course in Legal Aspects of Organized Health Problems at the School of Public Health. He is also Professor of Legal Medicine at Boston University. ln addition to his law degrees from Boston College and Harvard, Professor Curran this year completes his work for a master of science degree in public health at the School of Public Health. He has formerly taught at Boston College, the University of North Carolina, and the University of Santa Clara. Born: 1925, Boston, Massachusetts. LL.B., 1950, Boston College, LL.M., 1951, Harvard MQ.. JOHN P. DAWSON Professor of Law Professor Dawson attended college and law school at the University of Michigan. He spent the years 1924 to 1927 in England studying at Oxford University, which granted him the D.Phil. degree in 1930. He was at the University of Michigan since 1927. On leave from the University during 1942 to 1945, he served variously as: Chief Counsel in the Rent Section, Office of Price Administration, Chief, Middle East Division, Foreign Economic Administration, and Acting Regional Economic Coun- sellor for the Middle East, State Department. ln 1947-48 he took a post as Director of the Foreign Trade Administration for the Greek government. He teaches first year Contracts, the third year course in Restitution, and a seminar on the Functions of the Judge. Born: 1902, Detroit, Michigan. B.A., 1922, J.D., 1924, Michigan, D.Phil., 1930, Oxford. CHARLES FAIRMAN Professor of Law Professor Fairman has taught and lectured on law and government at Pomona College, Williams College, Stanford University, Washington University and Harvard. From 1942 to 1946 he served in the Judge Advocate Gen- eral's Office with the rank of Colonel, thus concluding par- ticipation in both World Wars. Professor Fairman's published works include The Law of Martial Rule, Mr. Justice Miller and the Supreme Court, 1862-1890, and American Constitutional Decisions, Rev. Ed., 1950. Professor Fairman teaches American Legal History, Criminal Law, and a seminar in Constitutional Problems. He is Chairman of the Law School Library Committee. Born: 1897, Alton, Illinois. A.B., 1918, University of Illinois, Ph.D., 1926, Harvard, LL.B., 1934, University of London, S.J.D., 1938, Harvard. 16

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ABRAM JOSEPH CHAYES Assistant Professor of Law In 1955 Professor Chayes was appointed to the Law School faculty. He received his A.B. from Harvard in 1943, and after- wards served with the Field Artillery in France, Holland, Ger- many, and Japan. While a student at the Law School, he was President and Note Editor of the Law Review. Professor Chayes has been Legal Advisor to Governor Chester Bowles of Connecticut and Associate General Counsel of the President's Materials Policy Commission. For the Oc- tober Term 1951, he was law clerk to Mr. Justice Frankfurter. From 1952 until his appointment to the faculty, he was asso- ciated with the firm of Covington and Burling in Washington, D. C. Professor Chayes now teaches Civil Procedure, Corpo- rations I and the Closed Corporation Seminar. Born: 1922, Chicago, Illinois. A.B., 1943, LL.B., 1949, Harvard. PETER FRANCIS COOGAN Lecturer on Law A partner in the Boston firm of Ropes, Gray, Best, Coolidge 81 Rugg, Mr. Coogan gives a Fall seminar in Secured Com- mercial Transactions. Along with fifteen years in practice, his career includes ten years in business, and teaching experience in both law and business. He has been active in drafting Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code, dealing with secured transactions. Before commencing his legal career, Mr. Coogan spnt a number of years in publishing as manager of various divisions of the Encyclopedia Britannica. Born: 1904, Watertown, Wisconsin. 1923-26, Mdrquetle University: LL.B., 1939, Western Reserve, A.M., Boston University, LL.M., 1942, Harvard, ARCHIBALD COX Professor of Law Receiving his LL.B. in 1937, Professor Cox began his law career by serving as legal secretary to Judge Learned Hand. Thereafter he practiced in Boston until 1941 when he became associated with the National Defense Mediation Board. He later entered the Office of the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, and from 1943 to 1945 he was Associate Solicitor General for the United States Department of Labor. Appointed to the Law School faculty in 1945, Professor Cox served as Acting Vice-Dean during the Spring Term of 1947. In 1952 he was Chairman of the Wage Stabilization Board. Professor Cox is the editor of a casebook on Labor Law. This year he teaches Labor Law, Unfair Competition and the Labor Law Seminar. Born: 19127 Plainfield, New Jersey. A.B., 1934, LL.B., 1937, Harvard. 15

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f, A 75 srl K., RICHARD HINCKLEY FIELD Professor of Law After graduating from the Law School in 1929, Professor Field was engaged in private practice in Boston until the onset of World War Il. ln 1942 he ioined the staff of the Office of Price Administration as Regional Attorney, and in December of 1943 went to Washington as General Counsel for the O. P. A. Professor Field returned to the Law School in 1946 as a member of the faculty. He is co-editor, with Professor Kaplan, of a casebook on Civil Procedure and is currently acting as a consultant to the Maine Advisory Committee on Rules of Civil Procedure. This year, he teaches courses in Civil Procedure, Trial Practice, and Evidence. Born: 1903, Phillips, Maine. PAUL ABRAHAM FREUND Royall Professor of Law After receiving his S.J.D. from Harvard in 1932, Professor Freund served as legal secretary to Mr. Justice Brandeis. Later he served on the legal staffs of the Treasury Department and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. From 1935 to 1939, he was in the office of the Solicitor General of the United States and was Special Assistant to the Attorney General. Professor Freund returned to the Law School faculty in 1939. From 1942 to 1946 he was on leave to the Department of Justice. His published works include On Understanding the Supreme Court, and he is co-editor of a casebook on Constitutional Law. He is advisor on The Restatement of Conflict of Laws. Professor Freund teaches Constitutional Law and Conflict of Laws. He is on leave of absence at Cambridge University for the academic year 1957-1958. Born: 19085 St. Louis, Missouri. A.B., 1928, Washington University, LL.B., 1931, S.J.D., 1932, Harvard, LL.D., 1954, Columbia, 1956, Washington University. A.B., 1926, LL.B., 1929, Harvard ,3 .J,,-n LON LUVOIS FULLER Carter Professor of General Jurisprudence Professor Fuller has been in the field of legal instruction since 1926. He has been associated with the faculties of the University of Oregon, the University of Illinois, and Duke University. He joined the faculty of the Law School in 1939. From 1941 to 1945, concurrent with his teaching activities at the Law School, he was in private practice in Boston. Professor Fuller holds a Philips Award of the American Philosophical Society, which he won in 1936 for an essay in Jurisprudence entitled The Law in Quest of Itself. He has also edited Collected Readings in Problems of Jurisprudence, and a casebook on Contracts. Professor Fuller teaches Contracts and Jurisprudence. He also has a seminar in Jurisprudence. Born: 1902, Hereford, Texas. A.B., 1924, J.D., 1926, Leland Stanford University. 17