John Raeburn Green

Background

Green, John Raeburn was born on March 30, 1894 in St. Louis. Son of John Findley and Eleanor Essie (Ibbotson) Green.

Education

AB, Westminster College, 1914. Doctor of Laws, Westminster College, 1954. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard, 1917.

Doctor of Laws, Washington University, 1959.

Career

Legal drafting officer Department of State, 1918-1919. Member Legal Secretary Secretarist of League of Nations, 1920-1921. Partner Judson, Green & Henry and predecessor firms, from 1919.

Appointed by Supreme Court of the United States Court to represent habeas corpua petitioners, 1944-1945. Special master in Texas versus New Mexico (Rio Grande litigation), 1952-1957.

Achievements

• John Raeburn Green has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board trustees Westminster College, Chairman of the Board 1953-1955. Director, secretary St. Luke's Episcopal Presbyterian Hospital, 1947-1953. Member county Washington U., from 1957.

Advisory county St. Saint Louis University, School of Law, from 1958. Member board of trustees, Executive Committee Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Association. Director Better Business bureau of St. Louis and various corporations Second lieutenant United States Army, 1917-1918.

Member American Bar Association, Missouri Bar Association, St. Louis Bar Association, American Law Institute, Lawyers Association St. Louis, Association of Bar of City of New York, American Society International Law, International Law Association (American branch), American Judicature Society, Harvard Law School Association (member county 1948-1961), American Society Legal History, S.R., Missouri Hist.Soc. (board of trustees), American Legion, Order of Coif (honorary), Phi Delta Theta, Zeta Tau Delta, Phi Delta Phi, Noonday Club, University Club (St. Louis), Army and Navy Club (Washington), Harvard Club (New York City), Automobile Club Missouri.

Connections

Married Elisabeth Haskell Cox, December 24, 1917. Children: Richard Cox (deceased), Elisabeth Cox Hair, John Raeburn, Lewis Cox, Henry Ibbotson (deceased).

Father:

John Findley Green

Mother:

Eleanor Essie (Ibbotson) Green

Spouse:

Elisabeth Haskell Cox

child:

Richard Cox Green (deceased)

child:

John Raeburn Green

child:

Elisabeth Cox Hair Green

child:

Henry Ibbotson Green (deceased)

child:

Lewis Cox Green