Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1891 Feb. 12 | Born, Glens Falls, N.Y. |
| 1912 | A.B., Union College, Schenectady, N.Y. |
| 1915 | LL.B., Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Mass. |
| 1915 | Admitted to New York bar |
| 1916 | Served on Mexican border as a private in 7th Regiment, New York National Guard |
| 1917-1919 | Served in American Expeditionary Forces as a second lieutenant, later captain, then major in the 306th Infantry, 77th Division |
| 1919-1922 | Practiced law, firm of Root, Buckner and Howland |
| 1920 | Married Margaret T. Winchester (died 1988) |
| 1922-1929 | Practiced law, firm of Webb, Patterson and Hadley |
| 1929-1930 | Practiced law, firm of Murray, Aldrich and Webb |
| 1930-1939 | Judge, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York |
| 1937-1949 | President, Harvard Law School Association |
| 1939-1940 | Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit |
| 1940 | Assistant secretary of war |
| 1940-1945 | Under secretary of war |
| 1945-1947 | Secretary of war |
| 1947-1948 | President, Association of the Bar of New York |
| 1947-1952 | Practiced law, firm of Patterson, Belknap, Webb, and Tyler |
| 1950-1951 | Chairman, Long Island Rail Road Commission |
| 1951 | Chairman, American Bar Association Commission on Organized Crime |
| 1952 Jan. 22 | Died, Elizabeth, N.J. |