John R. Stevenson

Background

Stevenson, John R. was born in 1921 in Chicago, Illinois.

Education

Princeton (Bachelor of Arts, 1942). Columbia (Bachelor of Laws, 1949. Doctor.Jur.Sc., 1952).

Career

Worked at Sullivan & Cromwell. Admitted to the bar, 1949, New New York Partner, 1956-1979, Chairman and Senior Partner, 1979-1987, Sullivan & Cromwell.

The Legal Adviser, Department of State, 1969-1972.

United States Representative before International Court of Justice in Namibia (South West Africa), 1970. Special Counsel to United States Delegation, International Court of Justice in Canada/United States Case on Delimitation of Maritime Boundary in Gulf of Maine Area, 1984.

Member: Institute of International Law, 1987—. Inter American Commission on Human Rights, 1988-1990.

Special Adviser, United States.

Delegation, United Nations General Assembly, 1969-1974. Ambassador and Chief of Delegation, President"s Special Representative for Law of the Sea Conference, 1973-1975. Chairman, United States Delegation to International Conference on Air Law, The Hague, 1970.

United States Member, Permanent Court of Arbitration, The Hague, 1969-1978.

1984—. President and Trustee, National Gallery of Art, 1979—. Adviser, Restatement of Foreign Relations Law of the United States (Revised), American Law Institute, 1979-1986.

Chairman, Committee on International Law, The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, 1958-1961. Chairman, Committee on International Law, New York State Bar Association, 1963-1965.

President, American Society of International Law, 1966-1968.

Chairman, International Section of Law Committee, 1980— and Chairman, 1989—, American Arbitration Association.

Achievements

• John R. Stevenson has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.

Membership

Member: Institute of International Law, 1987—. Inter American Commission on Human Rights, 1988-1990. Special Adviser, United States.

Delegation, United Nations General Assembly, 1969-1974.

Ambassador and Chief of Delegation, President"s Special Representative for Law of the Sea Conference, 1973-1975. Chairman, United States Delegation to International Conference on Air Law, The Hague, 1970.

United States Member, Permanent Court of Arbitration, The Hague, 1969-1978. 1984—. President and Trustee, National Gallery of Art, 1979—.

Adviser, Restatement of Foreign Relations Law of the United States (Revised), American Law Institute, 1979-1986.

Chairman, Committee on International Law, The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, 1958-1961. Chairman, Committee on International Law, New York State Bar Association, 1963-1965. President, American Society of International Law, 1966-1968.

Chairman, International Section of Law Committee, 1980— and Chairman, 1989—, American Arbitration Association.