Harvard Law School - Yearbook (Cambridge, MA)

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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.

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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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JOHN THEODORE MCNAUGHTON Proferror of Low Professor McNaughton was graduated from the Harvard Law School in 1948. Thereafter, he was a Rhodes Scholar, served in the General Counsel's Office of E.C.A. in Paris, and was editor and legal counsel of the Pekin Qlllinoisj Daily Timer. Since his appointment to the Law School faculty in 1953, Professor McNaughton has taught Evidence, Commercial Law, Torts, Contracts, Agency, and Procedure. Since 1957, he has served on a part-time basis as an Assistant District Attorney for the Northern District fMiddlesex Countyj of Massachusetts. Professor McNaughton has published Workbook in fmljciol Proof, Handbook of Mni'.i'or'b1l.i'ell.r Ez-'irlenre fad ed. 1956j with Professor W. Barton Leach, and 8 Wigiriore, Evidence fMcNaughton rev. 1961j. Born: 19213 Bicknell, Indiana. A.B., 1942, Depauw Universityg LLB., I948, Harvardg B.Litt., 1951, Oxford. OLIVER OLDMAN A.r.fj.flfz11! Proferroi' of Lolo After graduation from the Law School, Professor Oldman practiced in Buffalo and taught part-time at the University of Buffalo Law School. Since 1955, when he returned to the Law School, he has been directing the training activities of the Inter- national Program in Taxation. In the summer of 1958, he was a member, with Professor Surrey, of the Commission to Study the Fiscal System of Venezuela, and in june, 1960, he and Professor Surrey conducted a Preliminary Survey of the Tax System of Argentina. He has been teaching State and Local Taxation, a seminar in International Tax Research and special classes for foreign tax officials. Born: 1920, New York, New York. S.B., 19423 I.L.B., 1953, Harvard. ' LEONARD G. RATNER Leclffrer 011 Law After graduating from the University of California School of Law, Mr. Ratner was clerk to Mr. justice Traynor of the Su- preme Court of California. During World War II, he served in the Navy as a legal officer and trial judge advocate and then entered private practice in Los Angeles. In 1953, he began teaching on a part-time basis at the Uni- versity of Southern California School of Law. I-Ie came to Har- vard in 1958 as a Ford Fellow and joined the faculty in 1959. Author of several law review articles, Mr. Ratner is teaching Trial Practice and Trusts and is supervising the hrsbyear Group Work program. Born: 1916g New York, New York. A.B., 1937, University of California at Los Angelesg I.L.B., 1940, University of California. 22