Eli Whitney Debevoise

Background

Debevoise, Eli Whitney was born on December 14, 1989 in New York City. Son of Thomas M. and Anne Debevoise.

Education

AB, Yale University, 1921; Juris Doctor, Harvard University, 1925.

Career

Master, Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, Connecticut, 1921-1922; associate, Davis, Polk, Wardwell, Gardiner & Reed, New York City, 1926-1931; partner, Debevoise, Plimpton, Lyons & Gates, and predecessors, New York City, 1931-1990; general counsel, Office United States High Commissioner for Germany, 1951-1953; acting deputy high commissioner, Office United States High Commissioner for Germany, 1952-1953. Board directors Bank New York, Bank New York Company. Embree lecturer Yale University, 1953.

Lecturer on German postwar development, 1953-1956. Chairman Alien Enemy Hearing Board, New York City, 1942-1945. Member National Appeal Board, 1943-1945.

Member of New York Special Legis.Com. on Integrity and Ethical Standards in Government, 1954. Chairman New York Governor's Committee To Review New York Laws and Procedures in Human Rights Area, 1967-1968. Delegate Conference on Germany and Western Europe, Bruges, 1955, International Commission Jurists, 1955, 61, 62, 65, 66, 67, 67, 68, 71.

Achievements

• Eli Whitney Debevoise has been listed as a reputable Lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Chairman New York State Task Force on Youth and Juvenile Delinquency, 1959-1960. Trustee Rockefeller U., 1954-1975, trustee emeritus, 1975-1990. Trustee William Nelson Cromwell Foundation.

Board directors New Jersey Conservation Foundation. Board directors New York Association Blind, president, 1946-1951. Second lieutenant Field Artillery, United States Army, 1918.

Member Squadron A, New York Militia, 1927-1929. Member American Bar Association, New York State Bar Association, New York County Bar Association, International Bar Association, Bar Association City New York, American Bar Foundation, American Law Institute, International Commission Jurists (board directors, president American Association), International Law Association, Union International Avocats, Council Foreign Rels., University Club (past president), Century Club, Economics Club, Sky Club, Union Club, Yale Club, Metropolitan Club (Washington), Pilgrims.

Connections

Married Barbara Clay, June 23, 1923 (divorced). Children: Elizabeth Anne Healy, Thomas M. II. Married Agnes Holder Black Debevoise, February 2, 1966.

Father:

Thomas M. Debevoise

Mother:

Anne Debevoise

Spouse:

Barbara Clay

Spouse:

Agnes Holder Black Debevoise

child:

Elizabeth Anne Healy Debevoise

child:

Thomas M. II Debevoise