Harvard Law School - Yearbook (Cambridge, MA)

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LOUIS LEVENTHAL JAFFE Byrne Professor o Administrative Law In 1936 the Professor began teaching at the University of Buffalo Law School and in 1948 became Dean. His article on Res Ipsa Loquitur Vindicated inaugurated the Buffalo Law Review. He was appointed to the Law School faculty in 1950 as Byrne Professor. Professor Jaffe is author of fudzcral Aspect of Foreign Relations, and coauthor of Cases and Matenals on Administrative Law, a subject on which he is currently writing a treatise. A B 1925 John Hopkins LL B 1928 SJ D., 1931, Harvard. In 1928 Professor Jaffe graduated from Harvard Law School magna cum laude After general practice and graduate study, he served as law clerk to Mr justice Brandeis in 1933, and was an 1 BENJAMIN KAPLAN Royall Prokssor of Law Professor Kaplan is a graduate of Columbia Law School, where he was Editor-in-Chief of the Law Review from 1931 to 1933. He practiced law in New York City for nine years before entering the service in 1942. During Army service he was a member of Mr. Justice Jackson's staff in the Nuremberg prosecution. He returned to his law firm in 1946, and was named Visiting Professor of Law at Harvard in 1947. His appointment as Professor of Law followed the next year. Professor Kaplan is co-author of Materz'als fora Basic Course in Civil Procedure and Copyright and Unfair Competition. He is cur- rently teaching courses in Civil Procedure, and Copyright and Un- fair Competition. Born: 1911g New York, New York. A.B., 1929, College ofthe City of New York: LL.B., 1933, Columbia. MILTON KATZ Henry L. Stimson Prokssor of Law, Director of International Legal Studies, and Director of the International Program in Taxation In 1950-51, Professor Katz was United States Representative in Europe, with the rank of Ambassador, and as such, served as chief of the Marshall Plan in Europe. Concurrently, he was the senior American delegate to the United States Economic Commission for Europe. He was Associate Director of the Ford Foundation from 1951 to 1954, and is currently trustee or director of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the World Peace Foundation and the International Friendship League. Since 1939, when he joined the faculty, Mr. Katz has written Cases and Materials in Administrative Law, co-authored The Law of International Transactions and Relations, and edited Govern- ment Under Law and the Individual Born: 19073 New York, New York. A.B., 19275 LLB., 1931, Harvard.

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HENRY MELVIN HART, JR. Dane Prokssor of Law Professor Hart spent one year clerking for Mr. justice Brandeis before returning to his alma mater in 1932 as an Assistant Profes- sor of Law. In 1937-38, he was Head Attorney in the Office of the Solicitor General, in 1940-41, Special Assistant to the Attorney General As- signed to Immigration and Naturalization, in 1945-46, General Counsel, Office of Economic Stabilization. Since 1937, Professor Hart has been on the American Law Institute's Advisory Committee on the Model Penal Code, and in 1961, he was appointed to the A.L.I. Advisory Committee on the Study of Jurisdiction of the Fed- eral Courts. Among his numerous writings, he has collaborated with Professor Wechsler of Columbia on Y7ze Federal Courts and the Federal System. Born: 1904, Butte, Montana. A.B., 1926, LL.B., 1930, S.j.D., 1931, Harvard, LL.D., 1953, Columbia. DAVID RICHARD HERWITZ Professor of Law A graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Pro- fessor Herwitz entered the Law School in 1946, where he was a member ofthe Board of Student Advisers and the Law Review. In 1949, Mr. Herwitz served as an attorney with the Tax Court in Washington, D. C. He returned to the Law School in the follow- ing year as a Teaching Fellow. Between 1951 and 1954, he prac- ticed in Boston and lectured at Northeastern Law School, joining the Harvard faculty in the latter year. Together with Professor Trautman, Professor Herwitz has written the third edition of Amory and Hardee, Cases and Materials on Accounting. He is currently conducting courses in Accounting, Corporations Finance and Business Planning. Born: 1925, Lynn, Massachusetts. ll-S-. 1946, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, LL.B., 1949, Harvard. MARK DEWOLFE HOWE Prokssor of Law Professor Howe clerked for Mr. justice Holmes upon graduation from the Law School in 1933. After practicing in Boston, he was appointed to the University of Buffalo Law School faculty in 1937, and became Dean three years later, at the age of 34. In 1945, he was appointed a Professor at Harvard. Mr. Howe was on leave for 1961-62, primarily preoccupied with the second volume of his contemplated three volume biography of Justice Holmes. Aside from the first volume of the set fMr fuslice Holmes, The Shaping Yearsj, Mr. Howe has also been the Editor of The Holmes-Pollock Letlers C 2 vols.j, The Holmes-Laskz' Lellers C2 vols.j, and the editor and co-editor of a number of casebooks, including one on Constitutional Law. Born: 1906, Boston, l1'I2lSS2l.Cllll5C11S. A-B.. 1928, L1..1s., 1933, Harvard. xi 3 1 4

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'Gig WALTER BARTON LEACH ROBERT ERNEST KEETON Prokssor of 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 Mullinnix 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 his appointment to the Law School faculty in 1954, he was an Associate Professor at Southern Methodist University. Mr. Keeton is Adviser to the Reporter on the Restatement of Torts Second. He has written Trial Tactics and Methods, Basic Insurance Law, and has co-edited Cases ana' Materz'als on the Law of Torts, Born: 19191 Clarksville, Texas. B.B.A., 19403 LL.B., 1941, University of Texasg S.j.D., 1956, Harvard. Story Professor of Law After graduating from the Law School, Professor Leach clerked for Mr. justice Holmes, and then practiced in Boston. In 1929, he WHS appointed to the faculty. He has also taught at Oxford, the University of Colorado, and Northeastern University. The Pro- fCSS0r is a Brigadier General, USAFR Cret.j, and a Consultant to the Air Force. Mr. Leach has contributed to the Restatement of Property and the American Law of Property. Among his numerous publications are 7718 Rule AgatnstPerpetu1't1'e.g Cases ana' Text on Wills Cases on Massachusetts Law of Evzdence and the co-authorship of Future Interests and Estate Planning and Cases and Text on Property. Born: 19005 Boston, Massachusetts. A-B-1 19214 LL.B., 1924, Harvardg Certificate d'Etudes Francaises, 1920, Uni- versite de Grenobleg S.j.D. fHon.j, Suffolk, 1958. LOUIS LOSS Cromwell Prokssor of Law A graduate of the Yale Law School, Professor Loss was first associated with the legal staff of the Securities and Exchange Com- glgsgoli, and in 1948 became the Associate General Counsel of the ' He was Visiting Lecturer in Law at Yale from 1947 to 1952, and 111 the following year, became a member of the Harvard faculty. He was the draftsman of the Uniform Securities Act in 1956, and Chairman of the American Bar Association Committee on State Regulations of Securities. Professor Loss is the co-author of Blue Sky Law, and the author i'gg9fwn'ties Regulation, the 2nd edition of which was published in Born: 19143 Lancaster, Pennsylvania. B-5-, 1934, University of Pennsylvaniag LL.B., 1937, Yaleg A.M. fHon.J, 1953, Harvard. M