Harvard Law School - Yearbook (Cambridge, MA)

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CHARLES FAIRMAN Proferror of Law Professor Fairman has taught courses in law and government at Pomona College, Williams College, Stanford University, Washington University, and Harvard. Participating in both World Wars, he served as a Colonel in the judge Advocate General's Olhce from 1942 through 1946. Professor Fairman's published works include The Lmzf' of Mm'- lial Rifle, Mr. jffylire Miller and lbe Sifflrerlle Court, 1862-1890, and Amerirzuz C07l.1'lfllllf0llrZf DEL'Aff0lI.1', Rev. Ed, 1950. Professor Fairman is on leave of absence while working on a history of the Supreme Court from 1864-1888, under the Perma- nent Committee for the Oliver Wendell Holmes Devise. Born: 18973 Alton, Illinois. A.B., 1918. University of Illinoisg PhD., 1926, Harvardg LL.B.., 1934, University of Londong S,j.D., 1938, Harvard. RICHARD HINCKLEY FIELD Profeum' of Law After graduating from the Law School in 1929, Professor Field engaged in private practice in Boston until World War II, when he became General Counsel for the Office of Price Admin- istration. He returned to the Law School in 1946 as a member of the faculty, l-le is co-editor, with Professor Kaplan, of a casebook on Civil Procedure. From 1957 to 1959 he served as Reporter for the Rules Advisory Committee in Maine, and he is co- author of Maine Civil Prm'lice. This year he is teaching Civil Procedure, Trial Practice, and Evidence. Born: 19053 Phillips, Maine. A.l5.. 19265 l.l..li,, 1929, Harvard. ROGER FISHER I Proferror of Law After graduation from the Law School in 1948, Professor Fisher spent two years in Paris as an assistant to the General Counsel of the European headquarters of the Economic Cooper- ative Administration. He then entered private practice with a Washington, D. C. Hrm from 1950 through 1956, working largely in the international field. Professor Fisher then joined the Department of justice as an Assistant to the Solicitor Gen- eral before coming to the Law School faculty in 1958. He is teaching Civil Procedure and Legal Methods in Inter- national Disputes. Born: 1922, Winnetkzx, Illinois. A.B., 19433 l.l..li., 1948, Harvard. 15

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ARCHIBALD COX Royal! Proferrar of Law Receiving his LL.B. in 1937, Professor Cox began his law career by serving as secretary to Judge Learned Hand, Thereafter he practiced in Boston until 1941 when he became associated with the National Defense Mediation Board. I-Ie later entered the Odice of the Solicitor General, Department of justice, and from 1943 to 1945 he was Associate Solicitor General for the EE: 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. W In 1952, he was Chairman of the Wage Stabilization Board. Professor Cox is the editor of a casebook on Labor Law. He left the Law School this year to assume the duties of United States Solicitor General. Born: 1912g Plainfield, New jersey. A.B., 1934, LL.B., 1937, Harvard. WILLIAM J. CURRAN E I I Lermrer in Legal Merlicirze Professor Curran was appointed to the Law School faculty in 1957. He had been teaching previously in the Medico-'Legal Problems Seminar as a member of the Medical School faculty. This year, Professor Curran is teaching the seminar, and he is director of the Law-Medicine Research Institute of Boston Uni- versity, where he is Professor of Legal Medicine. Professor Curran is the author of Law nm! Meflirine.' Tex! and .S'01n'r:e lvlfIf6'l'flIf.l' on Merliro-Legal PI'0bf6llI.l', and a contrib- uting author of P!'0f6J'J'i0lNlf Negligence. He formerly taught at Boston College, the University of North Carolina, and the University of Santa Clara. Born: 1925, Boston, Massachusetts. LLB., 1950, Boston Collegeg LL.M., 1951, Harvard, S.M.l-Iyg., 1958, Harvard. 3?-wi ' I 29225 JOHN P. DAWSON Proferror of Law Studies at the University of Michigan and Oxford preceded Professor Dawsonis appointment to the Michigan faculty in 1927, where he remained until 1956. On leave from the University from 1942 to 1945, he served as Chief Counsel in the Rent Section, Office of Price Adminis- tration, Chief, Middle East Division, Foreign Economic Admin- istrationg and Acting Regional Economic Counsellor for the Middle East, State Department. In 1947-48, he took a post as Director of the Foreign Trade Administration for the Greek government. He teaches Contracts and Restitution. Born: 1902g Detroit, Michigan. B.A., 19223 JD., 1924, Michigan, D.Phil., 1950, Oxford. 14

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Wfzlfer E. Meyer Visiting Rerenrcb Proferrar of Law Graduating from Harvard College in 1939, Professor Foote continued his studies at Columbia and the University of Penn- sylvania. He served as Instructor and Associate Director of Legal Research at Pennsylvania and then joined the law faculty of the University of Nebraska from 1954 to 1956. In that year, Profes- sor Foote returned to Pennsylvania. Professor Foote is on leave of absence from Pennsylvania to work on his research here, finishing a teaching book on family law which emphasizes the impact upon the law of the behavioral sciences. He will do no formal teaching. He has taught Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Family Law, Criminal Dispositions and Behavioral Science, Torts, and Legal Writiilg. Born: 1917g Cambridge, Massachusets. A.B.,. 1939, l-larvardg M,A., 1941, Columbiag LL.B., 1953, Penn- Sylvania. PAUL ABRAHAM FREUND Car! M. Loeb Uzzizferyily Proferror After receiving his S.j.D. from Harvard in 1932, Professor Freund clerked for Mr, justice Brandeis. Later he served on the legal staffs of the Treasury Department and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. From 1935 through 1939, he was in the oilice of the Solicitor General of the United States and also served as Special Assistant to the Attorney General. Professor Freund has served on the Law School faculty since 1959, with the exception of a four-year stay with the Depart- ment of justice during the war. He is co-editor of a Casebook on Constitutional Lawg his pub- lished Works include 011 Umlezwfnmlivzg the Slfjireme Collrl. He teaches Constitutional Law and Constitutional Litigation. Born: 19085 St. Louis, Missouri. AB., 1928, Wtisliingtcvn Universityg LL.B., 1931g S.j.D., 1932, Har- vardg LL.D., 1954, Columbiag 1956, Wasliingtcmn University, Llni' versity of Louisville. LON LUVOIS FULLER Cnrler Pi'ofe.r.r0r of Gezzeml IHl'f.l'l1I'7llf67ICE Professor Fuller has been in the Held 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 Phil- osophical Society, which he won in 1936 for an essay in Juris- prudence. He has also edited Colleclezl Readings in Problem.: of f111'irpi'f1zleme, and a casebook on Contracts. Professor Fuller teaches Contracts and jurisprudence. He also has a seminar in jurisprudence. Born: 1902g Hereford, Texas. A.B., 1924g j.D., 1926, Leland Stanford University. 16