Background
Sunderland, Edson Read was born on August 29, 1874 in Northfield, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Jabez Thomas and Eliza Jane (Read) Sunderland.
Sunderland, Edson Read was born on August 29, 1874 in Northfield, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Jabez Thomas and Eliza Jane (Read) Sunderland.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Michigan, 1897, Master of Arts, 1898, Bachelor of Laws, 1901. University of Berlin, 1895-1896, University of California, 1898-1899. Doctor of Laws, Wayne University, Detroit, 1929, Northestern University, 1933, University of Michigan, 1952.
Teacher various branches of legal procedure, University of Michigan Law School, since 1901, professor of law, 1904-1927, professor of law and legal research, 1927-1944, professor emeritus, since 1944. Research associate on Sterling Foundn., Yale University, 1931-1933. Visiting professor University of Chicago, 1934, University of North Carolina, 1935, 38, University of Southern California, 1936.
Advocate of reform in legal procedure.
Drafted official forms of pleading adopted by Supreme Court of the Michigan, 1915. Spent six months in England studying court procedure, 1924.
Drafted Michigan Court Rules (adopted 1931), Illinois Civil Practice Acting (adopted 1933). Member Michigan Procedure Commission, 1927-1929.
Secretary National Conference Judicial Councils, 1931, chairman, 1932.
President Association American Law School, 1930. Member Supreme Court of the United States Court Advisory Committee for drafting rules for federal courts, 1935-1936. Member Ann Arbor Board of Education, 1925-1934.
Member board directors Kingswood School, Cranbrook, 1931-1943.
Member Michigan Procedure Commission Member Supreme Court of the United States Court Advisory Committee for drafting rules for federal courts, 1935-1936. Member Ann Arbor Board of Education.
Member board directors
Member Judicial Member bar associations
Married Hannah Dell Read, August 23, 1905. Children: Thomas Elbert, Alice Luella (Mistress Harold East. Wethey), Elizabeth Read.