Background
Dorr, Goldthwaite Higginson was born on October 21, 1876 in Newark. Son of John Van Nostrand and Nancy (Higginson) Dorr.
Dorr, Goldthwaite Higginson was born on October 21, 1876 in Newark. Son of John Van Nostrand and Nancy (Higginson) Dorr.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1897. Juris Doctor, Columbia, 1904.
January 1963); children—Russell Higginson, John Van Nostrand II, Katharine Goldthwaite. Admitted to bar, New York, 1904. Lecturer Harvard, 1899, Columbia University Law School, 1906-1914.
Engaged in practice law, New York, from 1904.
Assistant United State Attorneys, New York, and special assistant to United State Attorneys-general Department of Justice at various times from 1906-1921. Acted as expert for President Hoover’s Commision on Law Observance in the United States, 1930-1931.
Counsel cotton textile industry in National Rifle Association code formulation and administration. Engaged in general economics survey of Turkey for Turkish government, 1934.
Adviser Newfoundland government as to economics survey of Newfoundland, 1940.
Vice-president, director, general counsel Dorr Company, Incorporated., Chairman of the Board Cotton Textile Institute, 1935. Withdrew from practice to act as special assistant to secretary of war, 1942. Returned to practice in New York City, 1945.
Member firm Mudge, Rose, Guthrie & Alexander.
Alternate to Secretary War, Cabinet Committee on Palestine, 1946. Consultant to secretary of state, 1947.
American delegate to International Refugee Council, 1948. Consultant War Department on Germany, 1948-1949, Japan, 1950.
Member medical services committee Hoover Commision on Organisation of Executive Branch of Government.
Representative Department Defense Council of Foreign Ministers, Paris, 1949. American representative Tripartite Conference Migration Problems, Paris, 1950, guest of Italian government for consultation thereafter. Board of directors Near East Foundation.
Chairman of the Board Robert College, 1952-1955.
Past chairman American School Prehistoric Research. Fellow American Bar Foundation.
Visiting committee department anthropology, also Peabody Museum, Harvard.
Served as seaman, United States Navy, Spanish-American War. Member American Academy Political Science, American Bar Association, Association Bar City New York, American Ordnance Association, Business History Society, Municipal Art Society, Society Business Advisory Professions. Clubs: Harvard, Century Association, Downtown Association (New York City).
Married Virginia Elbert, September 18, 1905 (deceased. Children: Russell Higginson, John Van Nostrand II, Katharine Goldthwaite.