Background
Lowndes, Charles Lucien Baker was born on August 9, 1903 in San Juan, Prize ring (The) Son of Charles Henry Tilghman and Mary Leonard (Baker) L.
Lowndes, Charles Lucien Baker was born on August 9, 1903 in San Juan, Prize ring (The) Son of Charles Henry Tilghman and Mary Leonard (Baker) L.
Bachelor of Arts, Georgetown College, 1923. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard, 1926. Scientiae Juridicae Doctor, 1931.
Admitted to New York bar, 1926, District of Columbia Bar, 1937, North Carolina bar, 1941. Practiced with Masten & Nichols, New York City, 1926-1927. Assistant professor of law Georgetown University, 1927-1928, professor, 1928-1930, 1931-1934.
Research fellow Harvard, 1930-1931.
Professor of law Duke, since 1935, James B. Duke professor of law, since 1953, acting dean Law School, 1951. Visiting professor U. North Carolina, summer 1947, University of Michigan, summer 1963, U. Florida, 1964-1965.
Member Order of Coif, Phi Delta Phi.
Married Dorothy Foy, June 14, 1928. Children: Charles Lucien Baker, John Foy, William Sinclair Bowen, Mary Baker.