Harvard Law School - Yearbook (Cambridge, MA)

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-weld lS111 enty full J on :her rom has :een ents ials :ant lted ned ms. for ec- of Lgh EDI ite gth he iff .e, 6- S. V l TP IS In Iohn Brook Dean Griswold has become an influential figure in the law and public affairs in many foreign lands. He has traveled extensively in Europe, Africa and Asia. In 1964, he opened the Law Library. at Oxford and delivered the Hamlyn Lectures at Gray's Inn, which Lectures were published under the title Law and Lawyers in the United States - The Common Law under Stress. He has been a member of the American Bar Association Committee on World Peace Through Law which has held various meetings in foreign countries. Dean Griswold's capacities as a legal educator have been broadened by the responsi- bilities he has assumed in nonlegal educational matters. He is a Trustee of Oberlin Col- lege and is a Director of the American Council of Learned Societies. The Harvard Law School is indeed fortunate that Erwin Nathaniel Griswold has been and is its Dean. A. JAMES CASNER 5

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Dedication ERWIN NATHANIAL GRISWOLD Dean and Lcmgdell Professor of Law The dedication of the Harvard Law School Yearbook to Erwin Nathaniel Griswold on the occasion of the completion of his twentieth year as Dean of the School is in recognition not only of the leadership he has provided as Dean during these twenty years but also in tribute to the example he has furnished of what it means to lead a full life in the law. Few people have concerned themselves with the law so effectively on so many fronts. Dean Griswold's role as a legal educator, in the capacities of administrator, teacher and scholar, has taken up a significant portion of his time since his graduation from the Harvard Law School summa cum laude in 1928. The distinction with which he has filled this role is widely recognized, as evidenced by the honorary degrees he has been awarded from thirteen domestic universities and eight foreign ones. His achievements as a legal scholar range from the development of distinguished teaching materials through his classic treatise on Spendthrift Trusts to his timely and socially significant book on The Fifth Amendment. In this last connection should be noted his dedicated work as a member of the United States Civil Rights Commission since 1961. Dean Griswold's qualities as a legal educator have been fortified and strengthened by the fact that he has kept in close touch with practicing lawyers and their problems. He has been a member of the House of Delegates of the American Bar Association for many years and is currently on the Board of Governors of that organization and Direc- tor of the American Bar Foundation. He also serves as a member of the Council of the American Law Institute. His influence on law and the leval profession through the channels of these legal groups is widely recognized. C Many Of Our great legal figures have devoted some of their time to Government service. Whether this service is of the type for which legal training is a prerequisite or not, the perspective gained from it seems to provide a continuing source of strength for those who participate in it. Dean Griswold had been only a few months in the PVIVHW Pfflctice of law in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1929 when he was asked to join the staff Ogrglgi iollcltcgr General in Washington. He then spent five years in Washington pre- I? .C anses or the United States Supreme Court, and, in the final years there, pre- sent , . IHS 0181 Eifflument on behalf of the Government for the reater art in tax cases. -' ' 1 8 P , ZYhIfIfZ1riYfaGr1si1wold, as he then was, left the Department of Justice for a professorship W ld HV , lt HS been widely reported that Chief Justice Hughes remarked that this Stitlemectist the Government fifty million dollars a year - probably a gross under- 4

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