Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1898, Oct. 16 | Born, Maine, Minn. |
| 1904 | Family moved to Yakima, Wash. |
| 1920 | Received A. B. degree from Whitman College, Walla Walla, Wash. |
| 1920-1922 | Teacher, Yakima High School, Yakima, Wash. |
| 1923 | Married Mildred Riddle (divorced 1953) |
| 1925 | Received LL. B., Columbia University School of Law, New York, N.Y. |
| 1925-1927 | Associated with law firm of Cravath, De Gersdorff, Swaine and Wood, New York, N.Y. |
| 1925-1928 | Member of faculty, Columbia University School of Law, New York, N.Y. |
| 1928-1936 | Professor, Yale Law School, New Haven, Conn. |
| 1929-1932 | Conducted various bankruptcy studies for U.S. Department of Commerce, Yale Law School, and Yale Institute of Human Relations |
| 1934-1936 | Director, Protective Committee Study, Securities and Exchange Commission |
| 1936-1937 | Commissioner, Securities and Exchange Commission |
| 1937-1939 | Chairman, Securities and Exchange Commission |
| 1939-1975 | Associate justice, U.S. Supreme Court |
| 1954 | Married Mercedes Davidson (divorced 1963) |
| 1963 | Married Joan Martin (divorced 1966) |
| 1966 | Married Cathleen Heffernan |
| 1975 | Retired from U. S. Supreme Court |
| 1980, Jan. 19 | Died, Washington, D.C. |