Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1891, Apr. 28 | Born Baldwin, La. |
| 1908-1910 | Student, Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, N.H. |
| 1910-1913 | Student, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va., and University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va. |
| 1915 | LL.B., Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, La. |
| 1915-1923 | Attorney, Borah, Himel, Block & Borah |
| 1917-1918 | Student officer and later infantry captain, United States Army |
| 1923-1925 | Assistant to the assistant United States attorney, Eastern District of Louisiana |
| 1925-1928 | United States attorney, Eastern District of Louisiana |
| 1928-1949 | Judge, District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana |
| 1936 | Married Elizabeth Pipes |
| 1949-1956 | Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit |
| 1966, Feb. 6 | Died New Orleans, La. |