Harvard Law School - Yearbook (Cambridge, MA)

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HAROLD JOSEPH BERMAN Profefwr of Law One of this country's leading authorities on Soviet Law, Pro- fessor Berman is spending his 1961-62 leave of absence in Russia, studying Soviet Economic Law at the Institute of State and Law of the Academy of Science of the U.S.S.R. and teaching a course in Introduction to American Law at Moscow State University. In 1960, he published an Introduction to The Trial of the U-2, a transcript of the record of the trial of Francis Powers in Moscow. The Professor has also been chairman of the Committee of Association of American Law Schools on Teaching Law in the Liberal Arts Curriculum, and his book, The Nnlllre nm! Fmirlinnr 0fL!11U, is used as a text in many colleges. Born: 1918, Hartford, Connecticut. A.B., 1938, Dartmouth: M.A., 1942, LI..B., 1947, Yale. DEREK CURTIS BOK AJ'J'f.ffflJlf Professor of Law Professor Bok entered the Law School in 1951, after graduating from Stanford University. He served on the Board of Editors of the Law Review and received his LL.B. in 1954. After graduation, he spent one year in Paris as a Fulbright Scholar. Wllile in Europe, he wrote a monograph, The First Three Years of lbe Srlfmfmfz Plan, which was published as one of Princeton University's Studies in International Finance. Following his year abroad, he entered military service, serving as an Assistant to the General Counsel in the Othce of the Secretary of the Army. Since joining the faculty, Professor Bok has been teaching Labor Law, Antitrust Law, and a seminar in Labor Law. Born: 1930, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A.B., 1951, Stanford, LLB., 1954, Harvard, M.A., 1958, George Waslx- ington University. ROBERT BRAUCHER Profefror of Law Aside from 15 years of teaching at the Law School, where he was Editor of the Law Review as a student, Professor Braucher has taught at the Harvard School of Business Administration for several years, and as a Fulbright Lecturer in Japan in 1959. He is currently the Reporter for the Restatement of Contracts Second, the Coordinator for the revision of the Uniform Commer- cial Code, and has served on the Massachusetts Commission on Uniform State Law since 1954. Professor Braucher has written Cater on Commerrifzl Law, and has co-authored Infredzrrliou to Comfzzercizzl Law, and Commercial Tra'12mcfi01z.r, a course he teaches in addition to Agency, the Legal Profession, and a seminar in Commercial Law. Born: 19163 New York New York. A.B., 1936, Haverfordg LL.B., 1959, Harvard. 19

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PHILLIP ELIAS AREEDA Arrirlfzzzl Profermr of Law Reversing a current trend, the Harvard Law School faculty gained a member when John Kennedy was elected President. After serving as Assistant Special Counsel to President Eisenhower, and as a member of the Wlmite House Staff from 1956 through 1960, Professor Areeda joined the faculty in january of 1961. Prior to his work in Vifashington, Professor Areeda graduated summa cum laude from the Law School, was awarded the Fay Diploma, and received a Sheldon Travelling Fellowship for 1954- 55. Presently, he is teaching Antitrust Law and a seminar in International Business Regulation. Born: 19503 Detroit, Michigan. A.B., 19513 LLB., 1954, Harvard. PAUL MICHAEL BATOR Arrirlmzt Profermr of Law In 1956, when Professor Bator graduated from the Harvard Law School, he was first in his class, summa cum laude, and President of the Law Review. Upon graduation, he served for one year as clerk for Mr. justice john M. Harlan of the Supreme Court of the United States, and for the following two years, practiced with the firm of Debevoise, Plimpton and McLean in New York City. Since joining the faculty in 1959, Professor Bator has taught Administrative Law, Criminal Law, and a seminar dealing with Remedies Against the Government. Born: 19293 Budapest, Hungary. A.B., 1951, Princetong M.A., 1953 LLB, 1956, Harvard. RICHARD REEVE BAXTER Proferror of Law Professor Baxter joined the Law School faculty in 1954 as Research Associate in the International Vlaterways Project. He is currently Vice-Chairman of the International Law Association Com- mittee on International Rivers, and a member of the Board of Editors of the American journal of International Law. At the time of Professor Baxter's resignation from the Army in 1954 to join the faculty, he was Chief of the International Law Branch, Office of the judge Advocate General. Presently he is a lieutenant colonel, judge Advocate General's Corps, USAR. The Professor has also served in the Ofhce of General Counsel, Depart- ment of Defense, and has been a consultant to that ofhce and to the Naval War College. Born: 19211 New York, New York, A.B., 1942, Browng LLB., 1948, Harvardg Diploma in International Law, 1951. Cambridge University: LLM., 1952, Georgetown. 18

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ERNEST JOSEPH BROWN Proferror of Law Having practiced law for several years in Buffalo, Professor Brown turned to the academic world in 1937 by joining the faculty of the University of Buffalo Law School, where he ultimately became Assistant Dean. After serving in the Army during World War II, he came to the Law School as a Visiting Professor in 1946, and was appointed Professor on the staff the following year. With Professors Freund, Sutherland, and Howe, he is editor of a casebook on Constitutional Law, a course he teaches at the Law School along with Taxation, and a seminar in Taxation: Corporate Reorganizations and Distributions. Born: 19065 Lake Providence, Louisiana. A.B., 1927, Princetong LL.B., 1951, Harvard. CLARK BYSE Proferror of Law Following his graduation from Wisconsin in 1938, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Law Review, Professor Byse became Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Iowa. In 1940, he began a five year period of government and war service. Mr. Byse was named Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania in 1946, and Professor of Law two years later. He came to Harvard in 1957. Presently, he is a member of the Administrative Conference of the United States, and Counsel to the American Association of University Professors. He is co-author of Admifziszmfiife Law Carer and Comment: and Tenure in Ameri- can Higher Edlzmlionf Planr, Pmrlicer, rind the Law. Born: 19125 Oshkosh, Wisconsin. B.E., 1935, State Teachers College, Oshkosh: LLB.. 1938. Wisconsin: LLM., 1939: S.J.D., 1952, Columbia. ANDREW JAMES CASNER Associate Dean and Weld Professor of Law Professor Casner is one of the nation's foremost authorities on Property Law. He has been Reporter and Adviser to the Restate- ment of Property, Reporter for the current American Law Institute project to draft a mo el estate and gift tax statute, Reporter for the Uniform Property Act, and Editor-in-Chief of the eight volume set of the Amerirmz Law of Properly. He is also a member of the A.B.A. Committee on Professional Ethics, Director of the Harvard Law School Program of Instruction for Lawyers, Chairman of the Editorial Board of the Law Depart- ment of Little, Brown 8a Company, editor of a casebook in Estate Planning, and co-author of a Property casebook, which will be long-remembered by most Harvard Law school students. Born: 19073 Chicago, Illinois. A.B., LL.B., 1929, University of Illinois, S,J.D., 1941, Columbia. 20