Background
Million, Elmer Mayse was born on December 10, 1912 in Pond Creek, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Elmer Joseph and Jozie May (Mayse) Million.
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Elmer Mayse Million
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Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude, Southwestern Oklahoma State College, 1936; Bachelor of Laws, University Oklahoma, 1935; Juris Scientiae Doctor, Yale University, 1938.
Career
Private practice law, Weatherford and Norman, Oklahoma, 1935-1936; instructor law, Southern Methodist U., 1937-1938; assistant professor, U. Idaho, 1938-1944; associate professor, U. Idaho, 1944-1946; senior attorney, unites states department Justice, Washington, 1943-1946; on leave from, U. Idaho associate professor, West Virginia University, 1946-1947; assistant professor, New York University, 1947-1948; associate professor, New York University, 1948-1953; professor, New York University, 1953-1970; professor of law, University Oklahoma, 1970-1983; professor emeritus, U. Oklahoma, 1983-1990. Visiting professor University of Michigan, 1964-1965. Member of faculty Inter-American Law Institute of New York University, 1948-1968, Comparative Law Institute, New York University, 1955-1968.
Achievements
Membership
President Fairlington Civic Association, Virginia, 1944-1945. Board directors Maternity Consultation Service, New York City, 1949-1955, Greenwich Village Montessori School, 1966-1969, Burgundy Farms Country Day School, Virginia, 1945-1946. Judge Ecclesiastical Court of Episcopal Diocese of Oklahoma.
Ombudsman volunteer Oklahoma Nursing Home, 1985-1986. Board directors Canterbury Living Center, 1983-1990. Member Oklahoma Bar Association, Phi Alpha Delta, Order of Coif.
Connections
Married Zenna Belle Clark, September 7, 1937 (divorced 1956). Children: Elmer Zen, Kenneth Mayse, Earl Clark, Tedder Riley. Married Angela Carman de Carteret, September 27, 1958.
Children: Heather Carteret, Stephen Murray.
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Episcopalian -
Political Party
Democrat
Education
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1936
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1938