Harvard Law School - Yearbook (Cambridge, MA)

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Nathan Marsh Pusey President of Harva ra' U niversily The twenty-fourth President of Harvard was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, on April 4, 1907, and acceeded to his present position forty-six years later. After graduating from Abraham Lincoln High School in Council Bluffs, he entered Harvard College, where he majored in English and Comparative Litera- ture, and graduated with an A.B. magna cum laude in 1928. Mr. Pusey then traveled in Europe for one year, and upon his return began teaching near New York City, at the Riverdale Country School. After receiving his M.A. degree in 1932, he served as part-time assistant in History at Harvard during 1932-33 and spent the fol- lowing year studying in Greece as an Archi- bald Coolidge Fellow. In 1935, President Pusey went to Lawrence College as a Sophomore Tutor in an experi- 18 mental program of liberal arts education, but subsequently returned to Harvard to complete his graduate work, receiving a Ph.D. in 1937. Mr. Pusey was an Assistant Professor of History and Literature at Scripps College from 1938 to 1940. In the latter year, he joined the faculty of Wesleyan University to take part in the development of new liberal arts courses for freshmen and sophomores. Three years later he became an Associate Pro- fessor of Classics. In 1944, he was named President of Lawrence College, where he served nine years. In 1953, Mr. Pusey was elected President of Harvard. His administration has been mark- ed by vigorous efforts and achievements inin- creasing the endowment of the University and improving its physical plant.

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- Accepting the challenge of teaching top students in an atmosphere of academic heedom and achievement, many of world are members ofthe the greatest legal educators in the Harvard Law School faculty Continuing z'n the paths of Such leaders as Amesg Williston, Gray, Chaffee and Frank- jurten these men have been an inspz'ration and guide to thousands of lawyers. From tax statutes to lectures, trea- tises and casebooks, their work leads the legal profession everywhere in the study and practice of the Law. Eagerbz working on projects not undertaken by other lawyers, these men broaden and strengthen our legal framework. Within fill'-S' jeamework, professors and students alike strive for academic excellence.

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Erwin Nathaniel Griswold Dean and Langde!! Professor of Law President of the Harvard Law Review in 1928 and recipient of an S.J.D. in1929,Dean Griswold returned to his native Cleveland, Ohio for private practice. He was soon in Washington, D.C., as Special Assistant to the Attorney General, handling many cases be- fore the U. S. Supreme Court. Leaving Wash- ington in 1934, he was appointed to the Law School faculty. He became a full professor a year later and Dean and Charles Stebbins Fairchild Professor of Law in 1946. He has been Dean and Langdell Professor of Law since 1950. 1'i rs 5: , . I 3 V 5' . lj' I it E , S if ' r 'iff l-. l . ., , ,L he aww-an-v. Q. Q . I V -Wi E S The Dean's leadership has resulted in re- markable changes and progress in the Law School since 1946. Because of his singular devotion to the welfare of this school, he normally engages in an eighty-hour work week. Aside from his administrative duties, the Dean teaches a course in Taxation, does extensive writing and editing and serves on many legal committees. His published books include Spendthrw Trusts The Fwh Amend- mem' Today, and casebooks on Federal Taxa- tion and Conflict of Laws. He is also a con- tributor to legal periodicals and is general editor of the American Casebook Series. A member of the Massachusetts and Ameri- can Bar Associations, Dean Griswold is also active in the American Law Institute, is chair- man of the American Bar Association's Spe- cial Committee on Professional Relations, is a member of the U. S. Civil Rights Commis- sion and of the ABA,s Special Committee on World Peace Through Law. Among his hon- ors have been numerous honorary degrees, a directorship of the American Judicature Society and president of the Association of American Law Schools. 19