Harvard Law School - Yearbook (Cambridge, MA)

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HAROLD JOSEPH BERMAN Projkssor of Law Professor Berman returned to Harvard Law School after a year's leave of absence, in which he taught American Law at Moscow Uni- versity and studied Soviet Law at the Institute of State and the Acad- emy of Sciences. He teaches a course in Comparison of Soviet and American Law and many of his publications deal with this subject. Graduating from Yale Law School in 1947, he began teaching here in 1948 as a visiting professor. Active in promoting the teach- ing of law in the liberal arts curriculum, he has served as chairman of the Association of American Law Schools committee on this proj- ect. His text, The Nature and Function of Law, is used as a text in many colleges. Born: 1918, Hartford, Connecticut. A.B., 1938, Dartmouthg M.A., 1942, Yaleg LL.B., 1947, Yalc. DEREK CURTIS BOK Prokssor of Law Professor Bok entered the Law School in 1951, after graduating fl'0m 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 Fullbright Scholar. While in Europe, he wrote a monograph, The Hrs! Three Years ofthe Schuman Plan, which was published as one of Princeton Uni- versity's Studies in International Finance. Following his year abroad, he entered military service, serving as an Assistant to the General Counsel in the Office of the Secretary of the Army. Since joining the faculty, Professor Bok has been teaching Labor L3-W, Antitrust Law, and a seminar in Labor Law. Born: 1930, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A.B., 1951, Stanfordg LL.B., 1954, Harvard, M.A., 1958, George Washington University. ROBERT BRAUCHER Prokssor 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 Sec- ond, the Coordinator for the revision of the Uniform Commercial Code, and has served on the Massachusetts Commission on Uni- form State Law since 1954. Professor Braucher has written Cases on Commercial Law, and has co-authored Introduction lo Commercial Law, and Commercial T ransaclions, a course he teaches in addition to Agency, the Icgal Profession, and a seminar in Commercial Law. Born: 19165 New York, New York. A.B., 1936, Haverfordg LL.B., 1939, Harvard.

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PHILLIP ELIAS AREEDA Assistant Prokssor 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 White House Staff from 1956 through 1960, Profes- sor Areedajoined the faculty injanuary of 1961. Prior to his work in Washington, 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 Inter- national Business Regulation. Born: 1930g Detroit, Michigan. A.B., 1951g LL.B., 1954, Harvard. Born: 19295 Budapest, Hungary 20 PAUL MICHAEL BATOR f Pro essor o Law In 1956, when Professor Bator graduated from 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 he practiced with the New York City firm of Debevoise Plimpton and McLean Since joining the faculty in 1959 Professor Bator has taught Ad ministrative Law, Criminal Law Civil Procedure and a seminar dealing with remedies against the government A.B., 1951, Princetong M.A., 1953 LL B 1956 Harvard RICHARD REEVE BAXTER f f Pro essor 0 Law Professor Baxter joined the Law School faculty in 1954 as Re search Associate in the International Waterways Project He is currently a member of the Board of Editors of the American our nal of International Law and a member of the Executive Council of the American Branch, International Law Association At the time of Professor Baxter s resignation from the Army to join the faculty, he was Chief of the International Law Branch Of fice of the judge Advocate General s Corps USAR While at the Law School, Professor Baxter has taught courses in Contracts Criminal Law, Public International Law Problems of World Order International Protection of Foreign Investments and International Law Problems. He is on research leave for 1962 1963 Born: 19213 New York, New York A.B., 1942, Brown, LL.B., 1948 Harvard Diploma in Internnional Law 1951, Cambridge, LL.M., 1952 Georgetown

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ERNEST JOSEPH BROWN Professor 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 be- came 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: 1906g Lake Providence, Louisiana. A.B., 1927, Princeton, LL.B., 1931, Harvard. ll' CLARK BYSE Prokssor 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 Ad- ministrative Conference of the United States, and Counsel to the American Association of University Professors. He is co-author of Administrative Law Cases and Comments and Tenure z'n American Higher Educalion: Plans, Praciices, and the Law. Born: 1912, Oshkosh, Wisconsin. B.E., 1935, State Teachers College, Oshkoshg L.L.B., 1938, Wisconsing LL.M., 1939, S.j.D., 1952, Columbia. ANDREW JAMES CASNER Associale 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 model estate and gift tax statute, Reporter for the Uniform Property Act, and Editor-in-Chief of the eight volume set of the American Law ofProperly. 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 8z 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., 1930, LL.B., 1929, University of Illinois, S.J.D., 1941, Columbia.