Harvard Law School - Yearbook (Cambridge, MA)

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MILTON KATZ H eirry L. Sfimroii Pi'0feJ.r0i' of Law nm! Direrlor, Iiiferimlioiml Legal Smilies Professor Katz joined the Law School faculty in 1939. During Woi'ld War II, he served as Solicitor of the War Production Board from 1941 to 1943, and as U. S. Executive Ofhcer to the Combined Production and Resources Board in 1942 and 1945. He also served, during this time, as a Lt. Commander, USNR. In 1946 he was named Byrne Professor of Administrative Law. On leave from 1948 to 1954, he served as U. S. Special Representative in Europe. His books include Carer on Acliiiiizhrlmlirie Lf:-zu and The Lair of Iizlermifiomil T1'aii.mr'li0i2.r and Relalionr' Cfzrer nm! Male- rifilr with Professor Brewster. He teaches Torts and the Law of International Transactions and Relations. Born: 1907, New York, New York. A.B., 1927, LL.B., 1931, Harvard. ROBERT ERNEST KEETON Profe.s'.ror 0 Law Professor Keeton was engaged in private practice in Houston, Texas, until the outbreak of World War II. From 1943 to 1945 he was Flag Secretary to Rear Admiral Mulinnix and assistant Flag Secretary to Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz. After the war, he resumed private practice, specializing in personal injury and insurance litigation. Prior to this appoint- ment to the Law School faculty in 1954, he was Associate Pro- fessor at Southern Methodist University. Professor Keeton is the author of Trial Tarlirr and Melbozlr, Basic Iiirfinzizre Law, and co-editor of a casebook on Torts. I-le teaches Torts, Trial Practice, and Insurance. Born: 19195 Clarksville, Texas. B.B.A., 1940g LL.B., 1941, University of Texas, S.j.D., 1956, Har- vard. FRIEDRICH KESSLER Visiting Proferror of Law Professor Kessler comes to Harvard from Yale Law School, where he is Justus S. Hotchkiss Professor of Law. Born in Ger- many, he studied law at the universities of Tubingen, Munich, and Marburg, As the Nazis carrie into power, he left Germany in 1954 and came to the United States as a Rockefeller Fellow. A year in research and appointments as Lecturer in Law and Assistant Professor of Law at Yale preceded his move to the University of Chicago Law School in 1938. In 1947, he returned to Yale. Professor Kessler is teaching Contracts, jurisprudence, and the jurisprudence seminar. Born: 1901g Hechingen, Germany. Dr. jur., University of Berlin, 1928. 20

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LOUIS LEVENTHAL JAFFE Byrne Pmferror of Arlmiizirlrfzlive Law Professor Jaffe graduated from Harvard Law School magizfz H1111 laude in 1928. After general practice and graduate study, he served as law clerk to Mr, Justice Brandeis in 1933. He was an attorney with the National Labor Relations Board through 1935. Professor Jaffe began teaching at the University of Buffalo Law School, and in 1948 became Dean. His article on Res lpsa Loquitur Vindicatedn inaugurated the Bnjrzlo Law Review. He was appointed to the Law School faculty in 1950. Witll Professor Nathanial Nathanson of Northwestern Uni- versity, he is the co-author of Cfirer mul flflrzlerhzlr on Azlzzziim- fmlive Lazug and he is working on a treatise on the same subject. Born: 19053 Seattle, Washington. A.B. 1925, Johns Hopkinsg I.I..B,, 192Sg S.J.D., 1932, Harvard. SANFORD H. KADISH Ezra Ripley Thayer Teaching Fellow A visitor from the University of Utah School of Law, where he is a Professor of Law, Professor Kadish is a graduate of the City College of New York, During the war he served as a Naval Intelligence ollicer doing translation work with Japanese docu- ments and prisoners. He was a Stone Scholar and member of the Law Review Board at Columbia Law School, where he graduated with honors in 1948. He then practiced law in New York City for three years before beginning his teaching career at Utah. He spent 1956 at the University of Melbourne, Australia, as a visiting Fulbright Professor. Witli Professor Monrad G. Paulsen of Columbia Law School, he has completed a casebook in Criminal Law and Administration which will be published next year. Wlmile at Harvard, Professor Kadish is teaching Criminal Law. Born: 19215 New York, New York. B.S.S., 1942, City College of New Yorkg l.I..B., 1948. Columbia. BENJAMIN KAPLAN Proferror 'of Law Professor Kaplan is a graduate of Columbia Law School where he was editor-in-chief of the Law Review. He practiced law in New York City for nine years before entering the serv- ice in 1942. During Army service he was a member of Mr. Jus- tice Jackson's staff in the Nuremberg prosecution. He returned to his law firm in 1946, and was named Visiting Professor of Law at Harvard in 1947. His appointment as Professor of Law followed the next year. Professor Kaplan is co-author of Malerifzlr for rr Bnrir Coil,-,re ill Civil Pl'0L'L l1lll'0 and Copyright rim! Unfair C0l71lfJElifi0I7. He teaches courses in Civil Procedure, Copyright and Unfair Com- petition, and a seminar in Arbitration. Born: 19113 New York, New York. Ali., 1929, College of the City of New Yorlcg I.I..B., 1933, Columbia. 19

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XWALTER BARTON LEACH Sfory Proferrm' of Law After graduating from the Law School, Professor Leach worked as clerk to Mr. justice Holmes, then practiced in Boston. In 1929 he was appointed to the Law School faculty. He has also taught at Oxford, the University of Colorado, and North- eastern University. He is a Brigadier General USAFR Qretj and a Consultant to the Air Force. His publications include casebooks on Wills, Property, and Future Interests and Eiitate Planning, texts on The Rifle Agaiazrl Perjielfliliar. Professor Leach has contributed to the Property Restatement and Amerirfm Law of Properly. He teaches Property I, Future Interests and Estate Planning, and the Seminar in Defense Policy. Born: 19011g Boston, Massachusetts. A.B., 19213 LL.B., 1924, l-larvardg Certihcate d'litudes Francaiscs, 1920, Universite de Grenohleg S.,I.D. CI-Ion.J, Suffolk, 1958. of the S.E.C. Planning. jOl--IN I-IOXVARD .MANSFIELD A.r.ri.r!n11l Professor of Lam' Professor Mansheld was Shaw Traveling Fellow in History during 1952-1953. After receiving his law degree from Harvard Law School in 1956, he served for one year as law clerk to Mr. justice Traynor of the Supreme Court of California, and then, during the October Term, 1957, as law Clerk to Mr. Justice Frankfurter. He joined the Law School faculty in 1958. Professor Mans- Held teaches Evidence and Torts. Born: 1928: Morristown, New jersey. B.A., 19523 LL.B., 1956, Harvard. 21 LOUIS LOSS Professor of Law A graduate of the Yale Law School, Professor Loss was first associated with the legal staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and in 1948 became the Associate General Counsel He was Visiting Lecturer in Law at Yale from 1947 to 1952. The following year he became a member of the Law School faculty. Professor Loss is the author of Semritier Regzrlfzlmzz C1951, 2d ed., 1961j and co-author of Blue Sky Law C1958j. He teaches Corporations I, Securities Regulation, and Business Dorn: 1914g Lancaster, Pennsylvania. ,l3.S., 1934, University of Pensylvaniag LL.B., 1937, Yale, A,M. fl-Ion.j, 1953, Harvard.