Chauncey Harris Hand

Background

Hand, Chauncey Harris was born on July 22, 1893 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States. Son of Chauncey H. and Harriet I. (Bryan) Hand.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, University of Cincinnati, 1914. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard, 1917. Honorary Master of Arts, Yale, 1938.

Career

Assistant director and director Bureau Enemy Trade, War Trade Board, also member Interallied Licensing Conference, 1917-1918. Member war loan staff United States Treasury Department, 1918-1919. Executive Brown Brothers & Company.

New York City, 1920-1926.

Admitted to bar, 1924. Member of law firm Dorr, Hand, Whittaker & Watson and predecessors.

New York City, since 1926. Sterling visiting lecturer Yale University School of Law, 1935-1937, lecturer in law, 1937-1938, professor of law, 1938-1941.

Visiting lecturer in law, 1941-1949.

Judge Probate Court, Lyme, Connecticut 1949-1951. Eastern counsel Great Northern Railway Company, since 1933. Special counsel Delaware and Hudson Company, since 1956, also member board of managers.

Member board of managers Delaware & Hudson Railroad Corporation.

Achievements

• Chauncey Harris Hand has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of the board of trustees Connecticut College. Member of the board of directors Transportation Association of America. Member Conference of Railway Counsel of New New York

Member Association of the Bar City of New York, New York State, American bar associations.

Clubs: Harvard, Century Association, Recess. Old Lyme Beach (Lyme, Connecticut).

Connections

Married Hulda West. Stephens, February 7, 1918. Children: Harriet Patricia, John.