Background
Evans, Alvin Eleazer was born on September 16, 1878 in Valley, Nebraska, United States. Son of Eleazer Davis and Elizabeth Lorinda (Peckenpaugh) Evans.
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Alvin Eleazer Evans
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Bachelor of Arts, Cotner U., 1898. A.M., U. Nebraska, 1898. Doctor of Philosophy, University Michigan, 1908, Juris Doctor, 1918.
Harvard Law School, 1915-1916.
Career
Assistant professor Latin, U. Washington, 1908-1909. Professor classics State College Washington, 1909-1915. Director summer sessions, 1911-1915.
Admitted to bar Michigan, Nebraska, Idaho, District of Columbia, Kentucky. Member firm Cain & Evans, Falls City, Nebraska, 1916-1917, Nisbett & Evans, Moscow, Idaho, 1918-1922. Referee in bankruptcy for District of Idaho, 1919-1922.
Professor of law U. Idaho, 1917-1922. Professor of law George Washington, 1922-1927. Dean law school U. Kentucky, 1927-1948.
Professor of law St. Louis Law School, 1949-1950, dean, 1950-1952, professor, since 1952. Professor of law University Texas, summer 1922, U. Cincinnati, summer 1942, University of Michigan, 1946, Western Reserve University, 1947. Ezra Ripley fellow Harvard Law School, 1935-1936.
Recipient distinguished service award University Nebraska, 1941.
Membership
Member firm Cain & Evans, Falls City, Nebraska, 1916-1917, Nisbett & Evans, Moscow, Idaho, 1918-1922. Member American Kentucky, Idaho, Nebraska, District of Columbia Bar associations, American Law Institute, American Association University Professors, Fayette County chapter Kentucky Society for Crippled Children (president 1942-1943), Delta Theta Phi, Order of the Coif. Member Central Christian (Disciples) Church (former chairman administrative board).
Mason.; Rotarian. Reemployment committeeman for Selective Service, Kentucky. Member Local Draft Board, Northern 42. Clubs: University, University of Kentucky Research (president 1939-1940).
Connections
Married Georgina Palmer, July 24, 1909 (deceased).; married second, M. Jean King, May 25, 1941. Children: Palmer Evans, Patricia.
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Political Party
Democrat