Background
Vance, John Thomas was born on August 24, 1884 in Lexington, Kentucky, United States. Son of John Thomas and Emily Chew (Gibney) Vance.
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John Thomas Vance
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Bachelor of Arts, Kentucky U. (now Transylvania College), 1905. Bachelor of Laws, University of Michigan, 1909, lion. Master of Laws, 1933.
Special work in civil law, University of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 1920-1921.
Scientiae Juridicae Doctor, Catholic University of America, 1937. Honorary Doctor of Laws, Transylvania College, 1940.
Career
Admitted to Kentucky bar, 1909, and practiced at Lexington, 1909-1913, as member Vance & Harbison. Deputy general receiver Dominican customs Santo Domingo, 1913-1919. Member Lippitt & Vance, Santo Domingo, 1920-1921, Washington, District of Columbia, 1922-1924.
Law librarian of Congress since 1924.
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Member Board of Curators, Transylvania College A delegate of American Library Association to 1st World Library and Bibliographical Congress, Rome and Venice, 1929. Member Second Pan American Congress of History and Geography (Washington, District of Columbia), 1935. Member American Association Law Libraries (president 1933), American Law Institute, American Bar Association (chairman section on international and comparative law, 1940-1941), American Society International Law, American Foreign Law Association, Societe de Legislation Comparee, Riccobono Seminar of Roman Law, American Documentation Institute, Bibliographical Society American, Kappa Alpha, Phi Delta Phi.
Clubs: Chevy Chase, Cosmos.
Connections
Married Margaret Scott Breckinridge, March 1, 1917. Children: John Thomas, Henry Breckinridge, Louise Ludlow Dudley.
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Religion
Presbyterian