Background
Finch, George Augustus was born on September 22, 1884 in Washington, District of Columbia. Son of James D. and Emma B. (Fitnam) Finch.
editor international law expert
Finch, George Augustus was born on September 22, 1884 in Washington, District of Columbia. Son of James D. and Emma B. (Fitnam) Finch.
Bachelor of Laws, Georgetown University, 1907. Doctor of Laws, University of Thessalonika, 1948.
George Augustus, Beatrice Anne (Mistress Ralph M. Richter). Clerk War Department, 1905. Law clerk, Department of State, 1906-1911, secretary American Commission to Liberia, 1909.
Expert on international questions, War Industries Board, 1918. Assistant technical adviser American Commission to Negotiate Peace, 1919. Secretary board editors American Journal International Law, and assistant secretary American Society International Law, 1909-1924. magazine editor and secretary, 1924-1943, editor in chief and vice president, 1943-1953, honorary editor-in-chief, vice president, since 1953.
Assistant secretary and assistant director Division International Law, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1911-1940, secretary, 1940-1947. associate director, 1940-1943, director, 1943-1947, counsellor, 1948-1950, trustee, 1940-1956, honorary trustee, 1956-1957. Delegate of the Endowment to 2d Pan American Scientific Congress, Washington, 1915-1916, to 3d, Lima, Peru, 1924-1925. Representative of Endowment to the Orient.
1929; professor of international law, Washington College of Law, 1931-1934. Professor international law, summer session, University of Michigan, 1932-1938, McGill University, Montreal, 1939. University of Washington, summer sessions, 1948.
Lecturer international law, Academy International Law, The Hasue, 1935, Georgetown University school of Foreign Service, 1945-1954. Member of advisory committee research in international law, Harvard Law School, 1928-1940. Assistant secretary general American Institute of International Law, 1927-1942. member executive council, since 1942.
President Inter-American Academy of Comparative and International Law, since 1945. Knight Commander, Order of Balboa (Panama), Order of Cespedes (Cuba).
Member of advisory committee research in international law, Harvard Law School, 1928-1940.; Member bar of District of Columbia, American Bar Association, American Society International Law.; Club: Cosmos.
Married J. Mae Wright, 1905. Children: Eleanor Harrison, Augusta Emma (Mistress Gerald J. Davis), David Wright (deceased), Mary Roberta (Mistress E. Orville Johnson).