Background
Harris, George Stiles was born on February 26, 1887 in Stowe, Vermont, United States. Son of Whitman Ferrin and Ellen (Stiles) Harris.
Harris, George Stiles was born on February 26, 1887 in Stowe, Vermont, United States. Son of Whitman Ferrin and Ellen (Stiles) Harris.
Bachelor of Philosophy Vermont, 1909. Bachelor of Laws, New Jersey, Law School (now by merger, Rutgers Law School), 1922.
Instructor, Barre, Vermont, 1909-1910, Morristown New Jersey, 1910-1914, Montclair, 1914-1922. Head English department Montclair High School, 1919-1922. Admitted to New Jersey bar, 1922, as counsellor, 1925.
Practiced in Montclair, 1922-1946. Member of faculty New Jersey Law School, 1922-1928, dean, 1928-1936. Professor of law U. Newark Law School, 1936-1940, dean, 1940-1946.
Dean Rutgers Law School, 1946-1952, dean emeritus, since 1952. Municipal counsel, Montclair, 1924-1946. Counsel, Board of Education, 1924-1947, Joint Meetings, Glen Ridge, Bloomfield, Montclair, and Newark, 1928-1946.
Public panel representative National War Labor Board, 2d region, 1942-1944. Counsel New Jersey State Teachers Association, 1934, 35, 36.
Member of faculty New Jersey Law School, 1922-1928, dean, 1928-1936. Member American Arbitration Association (arbitrator), American Law Institute, American Bar Association (member commission on zoning, Chairman of Commission on administrative law, municipal section), Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Delta Theta, Delta Theta Phi. Clubs: Rotary (past president), Commonwealth (past president) (Montclair).
Married Anne Smith, June 29, 1921. Children: George S., John Smith, James Thomas High school.