Background
Hyde, Charles Cheney was born on May 22, 1873 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of James Nevins and Alice Louise (Griswold) Hyde.
Hyde, Charles Cheney was born on May 22, 1873 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of James Nevins and Alice Louise (Griswold) Hyde.
Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1895, Master of Arts, 1898. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard, 1898. Doctor of Laws, Northwestern University, 1924.
In law practice at Chicago, 1898-1923, Washington, District of Columbia, 1920-1923. Member Hyde, Hennings, Thulin, Westbrook & Watson (Chicago and Washington), 1922. Appointed by President Harding solicitor for Department of State, February 1923-June 30, 1925.
Professor of law, Northwestern University Law School, 1907-1925.
Hamilton Fish professor international law and diplomacy, Columbia, July 1, 1925-June 30, 1945, emeritus thereafter. Admitted to New York bar, 1927, and since in practice at New York City.
Appointed, 1928, American member Permanent Common for Advancement of Peace, under treaty between United States and Venezuela. Counsel for Guatemala in arbitration of boundary dispute with Honduras, 1931-1932.
Lecturer internat law, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, summers, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1933-1936.
Lecturer United States Army School of Military Government, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1942. President American Society International Law, 1946-1949. Named member Permanent Court of Arbitration at the Hague, May 1951.
Member Hyde, Hennings, Thulin, Westbrook & Watson (Chicago and Washington), 1922. Member American Bar Association, Council Foreign Relations, International Law Association, Chicago Law. Clubs: Century (New York).
Married Mary Paige Tilton, June 2, 1906 (died, July 13, 1937). Children: James Nevins, Elizabeth Tilton.