Background
III, Alfred Brunson Macchesney, was born on May 21, 1909 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Nathan William and Lena (Frost) MacC.
III, Alfred Brunson Macchesney, was born on May 21, 1909 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Nathan William and Lena (Frost) MacC.
Graduate Hill School, 1926. Student University World Cruise, 1926-1927. Bachelor of Arts cum laude, Yale, 1931.
Juris Doctor, University of Michigan, 1934 (editor Michigan Law Review).
Postgraduate (fellow) Carnegie Endowment International Peace, 1934.
Admitted to Illinois bar, 1935. Instructor, tutor, department government Harvard, 1935-1936. Associate professor of law University of California School Jurisprudence, 1936-1938.
Associate professor of law, Northwestern University, Chicago, 1940-1946, professor, from 1946, Williams Memorial professor of law, from 1969, professor emeritus, to 1978.
Fulbright research professor Cambridge University, adviser British Digest International Law, 1961-1962. Associate Sidley, McPherson, Austin & Burgess, Chicago, 1940.
Occupant chair international law United States Naval War College, 1955-1956. Legal secretary Securities and Exchange Commission commissioner, Landis, Washington, 1934-1935.
Special assistant attorney general United States Anti-Trust Division, 1938-1940.
Acting chief, wages and hours unit Department Justice, Washington, 1939-1940. Assistant general counsel Office of Price Administration, 1941-1943. Acting chief, F.E.A., Dakar.
Chief Procurement and Development division North African Economics Board.
Representative for Federal Energy Administration, Algiers, 1943-1944. Special representative Federal Energy Administration, special assistant to ambassador, Paris, 1944-1946.
Special consultant United States Select (Herter) Committee on Foreign Aid, 1947. Member regional loyalty board, 7th region, 1948-1950, loyalty review board, 1950.
United States representative, claims committee intergovernmental
Study Group for Germany, London, 1950. Member United States National Common for United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 1966-1971. Associate member of advisory board 46th Ward, Chicago Selective Service.
President board of trustees Library of International Relations, 1950.
Commissioned ensign United States Naval Reserve, 1931, re-commissioned, 1940. Active duty, 1941.
Member American (chairman international comparative law section 1954-1955), Illinois, Chicago bar associations, American Society International Law (president 1964-1966, acting editor in chief American Journal International Law 1971-1972), Order Coif, Phi Delta Phi, Beta Theta Pi. Clubs: Metropolitan (Washington).
Married Ruth Eastwood, June 5, 1948. Children: Bruce Eastwood, Deborah Frost.