Background
Wiswall, Frank Lawrence was born on September 21, 1939 in Albany, New York, United States. Son of Frank Lawrence and Clara Elizabeth (Chapman) Wiswall.
Wiswall, Frank Lawrence was born on September 21, 1939 in Albany, New York, United States. Son of Frank Lawrence and Clara Elizabeth (Chapman) Wiswall.
Colby College (Bachelor of Arts, 1962). Cornell University (Juris Doctor, 1965). Cambridge University, Cambridge, England (Ph.D. Juris, 1967).
Phi Delta Phi.
Associate Burlingham, Underwood, New York City, 1967-1973. Maritime legal adviser Republican of Liberia, 1968-1988. Professor (ad honorem) International Maritime Law Institute, 1999.
Vice-captain coxswain ano division United States Coast Guard Auxiliary, since 2006. Writer, consultant in field international maritime law, since 1988. Legal committee International Maritime Organization, London, 1972-1974, vice-chairman 1974-1979, chairman, 1980-1984.
Tutorial supervisor international law Clare College, Cambridge, England, 1966-1967. Visiting lecturer Cornell Law School, 1969-1976, 82. Lecturer University Virginia Law School and Center Oceans Law and Policy, 1978-1982.
Professor law Cornell University, 1984. Johnsen professor maritime law Tulane University, 1985. Visiting professor law World Maritime University, Malmo, Sweden, 1986-2003.
Professor,fellow International Maritime Law Institute, Malta, since 1991, governing board, since 1992. Delegate International Conference Marine Pollution, London, 1973. Delegate, chairman drafting committee International Conference Carriage of Passengers and Luggage by Sea, Athens, 1974.
Delegate International Conference Safety of Life at Sea, London, 1974, United Nations Conference Carriage of Goods by Sea, Hamburg, 1978, XIII Diplomatic Conference Maritime Law, Brussels, 1979, United Nations Conference Law of Sea, Caracas, Venezuela, 1974, New York, 1980. Delegate, chairman committee final clauses International Conference Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims, London, 1976. Chairman committee of whole International Conference Carriage Hazardous Substances by Sea, 1984.
Delegate international conference Maritime Terrorism, Rome, 1988. Counsel various marine casualty boards investigation, 1970-1990, harbormaster, Port of Castine, 1960-1962. Chairman joint international working group acts piracy and maritime violence, 1998-2001, joint international working group criminal offenses on high seas, various organizations, 2004-2007.
'The Development of Admiralty Jurisdiction and Practice," Cambridge University Press, 1970. Visiting Lecturer, Cornell Law School, 1969-1976. Lecturer in Law, University of Virginia School of Law, 1978-1982.
Adjunct Professor of Law, Cornell Law School, 1984. N. F. Johnsen Distinguished Professor of Maritime Law, Tulane Law School, 1985. Professor of Law, World Maritime University (Malmo), since 1986.
Associate, Burlingham Underwood & Lord, 1967-1973.
Official principal Diocese Mid-Atlantic States, since 1988, Diocese United Kingdom, since 1997, Anglican Catholic Church. Chancellor Missionary Diocese North-East, since 1993, Diocese Australia, since 1998. Speaker assembly laity Anglican Catholic Church, 1995—2007.
Chairman American Maritime Law Foundation, since 2002. Fellow Royal History Society. Member National Lawyers Association, Comité Maritime International (titulary member, executive councillor 1989-1996, vice president 1997-2005, vice president honoris causa since 2005), Maritime Law Association United States (chairman committee intergovernmental organizations 1983-1987, chairman committee Chartered Management Institute 1987-1995), Ecclesiastical Law Society, Selden Society, American Society Legal History, United States Navy League (president Penobscot council 1997), Oxford and Cambridge Club (London), Century Association, Alpha Delta Phi, Phi Delta Phi.
Married Elizabeth Curtiss Nelson, August 9, 1975. Children by previous marriage: Anne W. Kowalski, Frank Lawrence III.