Harvard Law School - Yearbook (Cambridge, MA)

Page 31 text:

ARTHUR E. SUTHERLAND Blf.l'.l'B.j' Pl'afc'.rJ0a' of Law Except for a year as legal secretary to Mr. Justice I-lolmes, Professor Sutherland practiced law in Rochester, New York, from 1926 until 1941. Then he served in the U. S. Army until 1945. I-le became Professor of Law at Cornell, and taught there until he became Professor of Law at Harvard in 1950. In 1956, Professor Sutherland held a Fulbright lectureship at Oxford. ,l-Ie edited G'0'l'Ul'l1ll76llf Under Lam, the published proceedings of the john Marshall Bicentennial at Harvard, of which he was chairman. His Rundell Lectures at Wfisconsin in 1955 were published as The Lum mul One Mau Among Many. Professor Sutherland has collaborated in caseboolcs on Constitutional Law and Commercial Law. He teaches Constitutional and Commercial Law and conducts seminars on Commercial Law, Federalism, and the Bill of Rights and the Fourteenth Amendment. Born: l9tl2g Rochester. New York. A.B., 1932, Wfesleyang l.l..li., 1925, Harvard. X? ,al gan W ser' 5 SAMUEL E. THORNE Profe.r.r0r of Legal Hirlary Professor Thorne came to the Law School from the Yale Law School where he was Simeon E. Baldwin Professor of Legal His- tory and Librarian. During World War II, he was a Lieutenant Commander in the United States Navy. An authority on the law of medieval and Elizabethan Eng- land, Professor Thorne has written several papers on legal' historical subjects and has edited, among other works, A Dir- mfzrre U pon fbe Exporirimz and Umlermzfzdilzgi' of Smfzlfer. This year, Professor Thorne is teaching English Legal History and a seminar on the same subject. Born: 19073 New York, New York. B.A., 1921, College of the City of New Yorkg LLB., 1950. Harvard. DONALD THEODORE 'IRAUTMAN Pr0fe.r.r0r of Law After interrupting his college education in 1943 to serve in the Infantry and in Military Intelligence, Professor Trautman returned to Harvard in 1946 and enrolled in the seven year College-Law Program. Wlmile at the Law School, he was an editor of the Law Reniezzf. After graduation, Professor Trautman held a Sheldon Travel- ing Fellowship under which he traveled and studied in Europe. During the 1952 Supreme Court Term, he served as law clerk to Mr. Justice Frankfurter. Professor Trautman is a co-author of a Casebook on Account- ing. He teaches Accounting, Conflict of Laws, and Public Utilities. Born: 1924g Cleveland, Ohio. A.B., LL.l5.. 1951, Harvard. 25'

Page 30 text:

AUSTIN WAKEMAN SCOTT Drme Professor of Lau' A virtual institution at the Law School, Professor Scott's career here stretches back 50 years and includes half a year as Acting Dean, the Story and Dane chairs, and universal recognition as an authority on Trusts. He also was Dean of the College of Law at Iowa State University at the age of 27, President of the Association of American Law Schools in 1928, and visiting pro- fessor at Oxford University in 1954, He has served as Reporter for the Rerlrllelzzeul of Trnrlr and as Co-reporter with Professor Seavey for the Rarfalemefzi of fmlgmeizfr and the Rerlnlemem' of Renirlzziozz. Professor Scott also drafted the Uniform Firlzrrirzrier Ari, and his writings in- clude a treatise on Trusts and casebooks on Trusts, Civil Proce- dure, and Judicial Remedies. He teaches Trusts. Born: 1884, New Brunswick, New Jersey. AMB., 1905, Rutgersg LL.B., 1909, Harvardg LL.D., 1933, Rutgers, 1944, Harvardg 1960, Brown, D.C.L., 1954, Oxfoizl. Secretariat. u 4. . 1 1 f I ,-fl g, y y, . ' I:- W Y LOUIS B. SOHN Proferror of Law Following six years as research associate to judge Hudson of the Permanent Court of International justice, Professor Sohn joined the Law School in 1946. He participated in the San Fran- cisco Conference which drafted the Charter of the United Na- tions. In 1950-1951, he was a legal officer of the United Nations Professor Sohn in the author of Corel' and 1VIoZeriol.r oil Um- szfs S ,E led Nafiom Law and co-author of Worlrl Peare Through lVorM Law. He teaches United Nations Law, Problems in the Develop- ment of World Order, Legal Problems of International Regional Organizations, and Legal Problems of International Administra- tion. Born: 19145 Lwow, Poland. LL.M., Dipl. Sc.M., 1935, john Casimir University, Lwow, Poland, LLM., 1940, Harvard, S.j.D., 1958, Harvard. STANLEY S. SURREY fereminb Smilb jr., Proferror of Law The year he graduated, Professor Surrey became Research Assistant at Columbia. After 1953, he was associated with the National Recovery Administration, the National Labor Relations Board, the Treasury Department, and the King Sub-committee on the Internal Revenue Laws. Before Harvard, Professor Surrey taught at the University of California at Berkeley. He has been a member of Tax Missions to japan, Venezuela, and Argentina, He is now Chief Reporter for the American Law 1nstitute's Tax Program and Director of the Harvard Law School International Program in Taxation. Early in 1961, Professor Surrey left Harvard for Washitug- ton, where he will serve as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in charge of tax policy. Born: 1910g New York, New York. B.S., 1929, College of the City of New York, LL.B., 1932, Columbia. 2-1

Page 32 text:

DONALD F. TURNER Proferror of Law Professor Turner holds an A.B. from Northwestern Univer- sity, and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Economics from Harvard. After serving in the Navy during World War II, he took his LL.B. at Yale, where he was Editor-in-chief of the Yale Law fflllfllrll and received the Peres Prize for outstanding student con- tributions to Volumes 58 and 59. He graduated Clllll laude in 1950. Following a clerkship with Mr. Justice jackson, he was associated with a Waslliiugtoiu, D. C., law firm. Professor Turner teaches Government Regulation of Business and the Antitrust Seminar 1950, Yale. DETLEV F. VAGTS Arrirlfzfzl Proferror of Law Professor Vagts graduated from the Law School in 1951. 1-Ie practiced with the New York law firm of Cahill, Gordon, Rein- del and Ohl for several years, specializing in corporate and antitrust matters. He also spent three years in the Air Force, serving as a supply and intelligence oHicer and as StaH judge Advocate for a fighter group. He now teaches Accounting, Corporations I and a seminar in Antitrust Litigation. Born: 1929g Washingtoia, D. C. A.B.. 194Sg LL.B., 1951, Harvard. Born: 1921g Chippewa Falls Wisctunsin A.B.,1941, Northwestern MA 1943 PhD 1947 l'lll'V llLl LLB ARTHUR TAYLOR VON MLHRIIN Professor of Law Before his appointment to the Law School faculty in 1946, Professor von Mehren was law clerk to judge Calvert Magruder. From 1946 to 1949 he studied the continental systems of law at the University of Zurich and at the University of Paris. I-Ie was on leave of absence in 1947-19118 to serve with the legal division of the United States Military Occupation Government in Germany, During 1956-57, Professon von Mehren was a Ful- bright Research Professor at the University of Tokyo, Professor von Mehren is on the Board of Editors of the flmer- ifllll jolrrmll of Colflpfzmliife Lum and is the author of The Civil Law SyJ'le111.r.' Cn.re.r 111111 Mf1lerif1l.r for lbe C01l1fIc1l'!lf.fl'8 Slflrly of Law. I-Ie teaches Conflict of Laws and the Civil Law System, and seminars on Comparative Contract Law, Comparative Legal Re- search, and Conflict of Laws in a Federal System. Born: 19225 Albert Lea, Minnesota. B.S., 1942g LL.B., 1945, Ph.D., 1946, Harvard. 26