Background
Lane, Chester Tevis was born on June 7, 1905 in London, England. Son of Elmer Bloomfield and Julia Anthony (Tevis) L. (parents United States citizens).
Lane, Chester Tevis was born on June 7, 1905 in London, England. Son of Elmer Bloomfield and Julia Anthony (Tevis) L. (parents United States citizens).
Educated Westminster School, London, 1917-1922. Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1926, Bachelor of Laws, 1930.
Instructor and tutor in classics, Harvard, 1926-1928. Radcliffe College, 1927-1928. Admitted to New York bar, 1931.
Practiced with Milbank, Tweed, Hope & Webb (now Milbank, Tweed, Hope & Hadley, New York, 1930-1935.
With Securities & Exch. Commission, Washington, 1935-1942, member of staff general counsel, 1935-1937, assistant general counsel, 1937-1938, general counsel, 1938-1942.
Associate in public law, New York University, 1941-1942. Special assistant to attorney general, 1942-1945.
Associate chief special war policies unit, war division, Department of Justice, 1942-1943.
Chairman War Department Civilian Legal Personnel Committee (in charge of recruitment and approval of civilian attorneys in War Department), 1942-1946. Senior consultant Army-Navy liquidation commissioner, 1945. Lend-Lease administrator and deputy foreign liquidation commissioner, 1946-1947.
General practice law with Greenman, Shea, Lane, Sandomire & Zimet, 1947-1949.
Now with Beer, Richards, Lane, Haller & Buttenwieser. Consultant United States Civil Service Commission, 1948-1949.
Leetr. New York University School Law, 1949.
President Rockland Foundation, 1953-1955.
Member American Bar Association (member, vice-chairman, chairman various committees, since 1952), Association Bar City New York (chairman administrative law committee since 1955. Clubs: Harvard (New York).
Married Persis McClennen, September 12, 1927. Children: David, Julia Ann (Mistress Eugene Lane Tarchar, Junior.