Harold Evans

Background

Evans, Harold was born on October 26, 1886 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Jonathan Evans and Rachel R. (Cope) Evans.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Haverford College, 1907, Doctor of Laws, 1968. Bachelor of Laws, University Pennsylvania, 1910. Doctor of Laws, Wilmington College, 1964, Haverford College, 1968.

Career

Evans arrived in Cairo, Egypt on May 23, 1948, but due to his Quaker religious principles he would not travel with a British military escort from Cairo to Jerusalem. He eventually arrived in Jerusalem in early June, but abruptly resigned his position afterward. A graduate of Haverford College, Evans was long associated with the American Friends Service Committee.

He was co-counsel before the Supreme Court of the United States in 1943 on behalf of Gordon Hirabayashi, in Hirabayashi v.

United States, one of the test cases challenging the curfew and internment laws imposed on Japanese residents of the United States. and Japanese-Americans in the Western states during World World War World War II The Supreme Court ruled against Evans"s arguments, in a decision which is now considered one of the Court"s most disreputable.

Achievements

• Harold Evans has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Pennsylvania Public Service Commission, 1925-1926. Member board of managers Haverford College. Member American, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia bar associations, American Law Institute, Phi Beta Kappa.

Club: Founders.

Connections

Married Sylvia Hathaway, May 1, 1914 (deceased). Children: Sylvia (Mistress Joseph H. Taylor), Margaret (Mistress John T. Carson, Junior.

Father:

Jonathan Evans Evans

Mother:

Rachel R. (Cope) Evans

Spouse:

Sylvia Hathaway

child:

Sylvia Evans (Mistress Joseph H. Taylor)

child:

Margaret (Mistress John T. Carson Evans

child:

Junior Evans