Background
Smith, Joseph Henry was born on September 4, 1913 in New York City. Son of Adolph Q. and Agnes (Buchner) Smith.
Smith, Joseph Henry was born on September 4, 1913 in New York City. Son of Adolph Q. and Agnes (Buchner) Smith.
Student, Institute Hist.
Research U. London, 1938-1939. Bar: New York bar 1940. Research assistant Foundation for Research in Legal History, Columbia Law School, 1938-1942.
Private practice, New York City, 1946-1961. Professor New York Law School, 1951-1961. Professor Columbia Law School, 1961-1967, George Welwood Murray professor legal history, since 1967.
Chairman Foundation for Research in Legal History, since 1961. Member of advisory committee American Bar Foundation Project in Legal History, 1966-1977. Chairman of Commission for Littleton-Griswold Fund, American History Association, 1967-1969, member committee, 1973-1981.
Member editorial advisory board Studies in Legal History, Harvard University Press, 1970-1976, U. North Carolina Press, since 1977. Special assistant to attorney general United States, 1965. Chairman Seminar on 18th Century European Culture, 1977-1979.
Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1945. Honorary fellow American Society for Legal History (treasurer 1972-1973, vice president 1974-1975, president 1976-1977, director since 1979). Member Association American Law Schools (chairman legal history section 1973), Selden Society, American Bar Association.
Married Edith C. Stenberg, January 5, 1946.