Harold Canfield Havighurst

Background

Havighurst, Harold Canfield was born on December 24, 1897 in Findlay, Ohio, United States. Son of Christian Rudolph and Emilie (Canfield) Havighurst.

Education

AB, Ohio Wesleyan University, 1919. Doctor of Laws, Ohio Wesleyan University, 1950. AM, Harvard, 1922; Bachelor of Laws, Harvard, 1926.

Career

Lawyer, Miller, Otis Farr, New York City, 1926-1928; associate professor of law, West Virginia University, 1928-1930; associate professor of law, Northwestern University, 1930-1932; professor, Northwestern University, from 1932; dean, Northwestern University, 1948-1957; visiting professor, Cornell Univercity, 1957-1958. Member National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, vice president, 1959-1963. Legal consultant office Foreign Relief and Rehabilitation Operations, Department of State, 1943.

Chairman of the Board managers Illinois Law Review, 1932-1945. Special assistant to atty general of the United States, 1939-1940.

Works

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  • The nature of private contract (Rosenthal lectures)

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Membership

Member American Bar Association, Illinois State Bar Association (chairman committee for drafting Illinois Insurance Code 1937), Chicago Bar Association, Phi Delta Theta, Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Sigma Rho, Pi Delta Epsilon, Order of Coif, Tavern Club (Chicago).

Connections

Married Marion Perryman, July 23, 1927. Children: Clark Canfield, Virginia Morgan.

Father:

Christian Rudolph Havighurst

Mother:

Emilie (Canfield) Havighurst

Spouse:

Marion Perryman

child:

Clark Canfield Havighurst

child:

Virginia Morgan Havighurst