Background
Lans, Asher Bob was born on December 4, 1918 in New York City. Son of Arthur Louis and Sophie (Bob) Lans.
Lans, Asher Bob was born on December 4, 1918 in New York City. Son of Arthur Louis and Sophie (Bob) Lans.
Dartmouth College (Bachelor of Arts, with highest distinction, 1938). Columbia University (Master of Arts, 1939). Yale University (Bachelor of Laws, 1944).
Spoken languages: French and German.
Worked at Jackson & Nash, Limited Liability Partnership (New York, New York) specializing in International Law, Corporate Law, Real Property, Family Law. Admitted to the bar, 1945, New New York 1946, United States. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New New York
1949, United States.
Tax Court. 1955, United States. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. 1972, United States. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.
Phi Beta Kappa.
Comment Editor, Yale Law Journal, 1944. University Fellow, Columbia University, 1938-1939. Award Winner, American Bar Association Ross Essay Contest, 1972.
Company-Author: (with Myres South. McDougal), "Treaties and Congressional-Executive or Presidential Agreements," Yale Law Journal Volume 54, Number.
2 and 3; (with Myres South. McDougal and others), "Law and the International Order," Yale University Press of New Haven, Connecticut, 1962.
Member Alumni Council, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1988-1992. Elector Spanish Portuguese Synagogue, New York City, since 1971. Vice president, board directors Gramercy Neighborhood Association, 1993-1997, president, since 1997.
Member American Bar Association, Yale Club, National Arts Club.
Married Barbara Eisner, December 5, 1946 (divorced). Children: Deborah, Stephen, Alan. Married Mary Themo, November 1, 1966 (divorced).
1 child, Tracy (deceased). Married Shirley Johnson, June 26, 1967 (divorced). 1 child, Andrea Elisabeth.
Married Margaret Catherine Clancy, June 12, 1993.