Fayette Brown Dow

Background

Dow, Fayette Brown was born on August 25, 1881 in Peru, Indiana, United States. Son of Doctor Frank Fowler and Harriet Elmina (Brown) Dowager

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Amherst College, 1904. Student Heidelberg University, Germany, 1903, New York Law School, 1904-1905. Bachelor of Laws, Columbia, 1909.

Career

Thomas (deceased); married second, Margaret Munro Elder, October 1, 1929. Teacher of English, Haverford (Pennsylvania) School, 1905-1907. Member of faculty Columbia University Extension Courses, 1909-1914.

Admitted to New York bar, 1909, bars of Supreme Court of the United States Court, 1915, and District of Columbia courts, 1918.

Law clerk with Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, New York City, 1909-1912. Member Hitchings & Dow, 1912-1914.

Attorney examiner Interstate Commerce Commission, 1914-1918, assigned to representative commission during World War I in relation to American By. Association; consultant for pipe lines, transportation division, Advisory Commission to Council of National Defense, 1940-1941.

Director Division Liquid Transport, O.D.T., 1942-1945.

General practice Washington, since 1918. Senior member Dow, Lohnes & Albertson. Counsel National Petroleum Association since 1918, general counsel since 1926.

Washington counsel Western Petroleum Refiners Association, 1918-1935, general counsel since 1935.

Special counsel American Petroleum Institute since 1919. General counsel Pennsylvania Grade Crude Oil Association, since 1932.

Appointed to Transportation Council, Secretary of Committee.

Achievements

• Fayette Brown Dow has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of faculty Columbia University Extension Courses, 1909-1914. Member Hitchings & Dow, 1912-1914. Member Dow, Lohnes & Albertson.

Member American Bar Association, Association Bar of City of New York, District of Columbia Bar Association, National Petroleum Council, Society of Mayflower Descendants, Alpha Delta Phi, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Delta Phi.

Clubs: Alpha Delta Phi (New York City).

Connections

Married Annie Lloyd Thomas, June 18, 1913 (died October 8, 1921). Married second, Margaret Munro Elder, October 1, 1929.

Father:

Doctor Frank Fowler Dow

Mother:

Harriet Elmina (Brown) Dow

Spouse:

Margaret Munro Elder

Spouse:

Annie Lloyd Thomas