Background
Tweed, Harrison was born on October 18, 1885 in New York, New York, United States. Son of Charles Harrison and Helen Minerva (Evarts) Tweed.
Tweed, Harrison was born on October 18, 1885 in New York, New York, United States. Son of Charles Harrison and Helen Minerva (Evarts) Tweed.
Preparatory education, Saint Mark’s School, 1899-1903. Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1907, Bachelor of Laws, 1910, Doctor of Laws, 1958. Honorary Doctor of Laws, Syracuse University 1954.
1 daughter, Sandra Barbette. Children by previous marriages—Eleanor (Mistress Herbert von Metzier), Katharine Winthrop. Admitted to the New York bar and began with Byrne & Cutcheon, New York, 1910, became member of law firm of Byrne, Cutcheon & Taylor, 1916.
Now member firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy.
President, Legal Aid Society New York, 1936-1945, director, 1946-1969. Chairman of Commission on continuing legal education American Law Institute-American Bar Association, 1947-1966, member, 1967-1969.
President National Legal Aid and Defender Association, 1949-1955, director, 1956-1969. Chairman New York Temporary Committee on Courts, 1953-1958.
Company-chairman Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, 1963-1965, director, 1966-1969.
Trustee Sarah Lawrence College, 1940-1959, 60-65, Chairman of the Board, 1946-1954, president college, 1959-1960, honorary trustee, 1965-1969. Trustee Cooper Union, 1951-1967, emeritus, 1968-1969. Trustee Practising Law Institute, 1957-1969.
Overseer Harvard College, 1950-1956.
Served with United States Army, 1918. Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member American Law Institute (president 1947-1961, chairman council 1962-1969), Inter-American, International, American, New York State, New York County bar associations, New York Law Institute, Association Bar City New York (president 1945-1948), Harvard Alumni Association (chairman 1948-1949).
Clubs: Harvard, Century, Down Town (New York).
Married Barbara Banning, November 21, 1942. Children by previous marriages: Eleanor (Mistress Herbert von Metzier), Katharine Winthrop.