Background
Hilpert, Elmer Ernest was born on December 30, 1905 in Bertha, Minnesota, United States. Son of Theodore and Emma (Paschke) Hilpert.
Hilpert, Elmer Ernest was born on December 30, 1905 in Bertha, Minnesota, United States. Son of Theodore and Emma (Paschke) Hilpert.
Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Minnesota, 1929, Master of Arts, 1931. Bachelor of Laws, Western Reserve University,1936. Juris Scientiae Doctor, Yale (Sterling fellow, graduate school law 1936-1937), 1939.
Teacher, elementary schools, Verndale, Minnesota, 1922-1923, Elk River, Minnesota, 1923-1924, Hewitt, Minnesota, 1924-1925. Principal, Vergas, Minnesota, 1925-1926. Teaching fellow in political science University of Minnesota, 1930.
Instructor in political science Western Reserve University, 1930-1937, assistant professor of law, 1938-1939.
Assistant professor of law Louisiana State University, 1937-1938. Associate professor of law Washington University, Saint Louis, 1939-1941, professor of law, 1941-1973, professor emeritus, 1973-1975.
Admitted to Ohio bar 1936, Missouri bar, 1944. Practiced law in Saint Louis, 1944-1946 (part-time) with Thomas F. McDonald and McDonald, Bartlett & Muldoon, arbitrator in various industrial disputes, 1941-1975.
Panel member American Arbitration Association, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, National Academy Arbitrators.
Compliance commissioner Wage Stabilization Board, 1952-1952. Staff member Bureau for Research in Government, University of Minnesota, part time, 1928-1930. Staff member National Institute Public Administration, New York City, summer, fall, 1929.
Director research Regional Government Committee of Greater Cleveland, summer, fall, 1934.
Participator in civic campaigns. Specialist in administrative and constitutional law, labor law, labor relations.
Impartial referee Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company-United Auto Workers, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, 1953-1958, 60-64.
Member American, Missouri (various committees), Saint Louis (various committee) bar associations, Industrial Relations Research Association, American Association University Professors, Missouri Welfare League (member board), Order of the Coif, Phi Beta Kappa. Club: University.
Married Brunette Powers, August, 1938. Children: Margaret Ray, Elmer Ernest.