Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1892, Aug. 27 | Born, Rome, Ga. |
| 1910-1911 | Attended University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Ind. |
| 1914 | LL.B., Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. Admitted to District of Columbia bar |
| 1914-1924 | Practiced law in the District of Columbia except for the period when he served in the armed forces |
| 1917-1919 | Naval aviator during World War I |
| 1924-1933 | Practiced law in Santa Fe, N.Mex. |
| 1929 | Married Mary Agnes Lane |
| 1933-1935 | First assistant solicitor, Department of the Interior |
| 1935-1940 | General counsel, National Labor Relations Board |
| 1940-1941 | Assistant solicitor general |
| 1941 | Member, President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Naval and Air Base Commission to London |
| 1941-1945 | Solicitor general |
| 1942 | LL.D., Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. |
| 1945 | Adviser to U.S. delegation to San Francisco Conference, United Nations |
| 1945-1946 | Legal adviser to military governor of Germany |
| 1946-1947 | Legal adviser, Department of State |
| 1948-1950 | Chairman, President's Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Services |
| 1949-1979 | Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia |
| 1979, Sept. 17 | Died, Washington, D.C. |