Background
Shartel, Burke Woods was born on January 9, 1889 in Sedan, Kansas, United States. Son of John Wilford and Elfrieda (Woods) Shartel.
Shartel, Burke Woods was born on January 9, 1889 in Sedan, Kansas, United States. Son of John Wilford and Elfrieda (Woods) Shartel.
Student languages, France and Germany, 1910. Bachelor of Arts Michigan, 1911. Juris Doctor, University Michigan, 1913.
Doctor of Juridical Science, Harvard University, 1919. Juris Doctor honoris causa, University Heidelberg, Federal Republic Germany, 1953.
With, Shartel, Dudley & Shartel, Oklahoma City, 1913-1917; assistant professor, University of Illinois Law School, 1919-1920; member of faculty, University of Michigan Law School, 1920-1959; professor, University of Michigan Law School, 1921-1959; professor emeritus, University of Michigan Law School. Appointed by Department State to deliver lectures on American law to German lawyers, 1951. Guest professor of University Heidelberg, summers 1951, 53, 55, U. Munich, 1958-1959.
(Law -- United States. Jurisprudence.)
With United States Navy, 1918. Member American Bar Association, Michigan State Bar Association.
Married Elisabeth Rott, June 15, 1920. 1 child, Marlou (Mistress Brooks Crabtree).