Brainerd Currie

Background

Currie, Brainerd was born on December 20, 1912 in Macon, Georgia, United States. Son of Cabell B. and Rose (Lynch) Currie.

Education

Currie received a Bachelor of Laws from the Walter F. George School of Law of Mercer University in 1935 followed by a liberal arts degree from Mercer in 1937.

Career

Admitted to Georgia bar, 1935, Illinois bar, 1955, Supreme Court of the United States Court bar, 1957. Associate with firm Park & Strozier, Macon, 1934-1935. Instructor law Mercer University, 1935-1937.

Assistant professor of law Wake Forest College, 1937-1941.

Associate professor of law U. Georgia, 1941-1942. Legal staff Office of Price Administration, Washington, 1942-1945, director rent and services division enforcement department, 1944-1945.

Associate general counsel Office Economics Stabilization, 1945-1946. Professor of law Duke, 1946-1949, William R. Perkins professor of law, since 1961.

Professor of law University of California at Los Angeles, 1949-1952.

Dean, professor of law U. Pittsburgh, 1952-1953. Professor of law University of Chicago, 1953-1961. Alternate member of national enforcement commission Economics Stabilization Agency, 1953.

Reporter, advising committee admiralty rules Judicial Conference United States, since 1960.

Achievements

• Brainerd Currie has been listed as a reputable lawyer, educator. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Center Advanced Study Behavioral Sciences, 1957.

Connections

Married Elmyr Park, May 5, 1935. Children: David, Elliott, Carolyn.

Father:

Cabell B. Currie

Mother:

Rose (Lynch) Currie

Spouse:

Elmyr Park

child:

Carolyn Currie

child:

Elliott Currie

child:

David Currie