Background
Oliver, L. Stauffer was born on November 29, 1879 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Jesse Hughes and Fannie C. (Meyers) Oliver.
Oliver, L. Stauffer was born on November 29, 1879 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Jesse Hughes and Fannie C. (Meyers) Oliver.
Bachelor of Science in Economics, Wharton School Finance and Economics, University of Pennsylvania, 1900. Bachelor of Laws, Law School, 1903. Doctor of Laws, Hahnemann Medical College Philadelphia, 1944.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Temple University, 1952.
Admitted to bar, 1903. Member of law firm Weill, Oliver & Blakeley, 1912-1923, Oliver, Mancill, Deeter & Shallow, 1924-1937. State counsel Home Owners Loan Corporation, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1933-1937.
President judge Court of Common Pleas Northern 7 Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, 1937-1959.
Private practice of law, Media, Pennsylvania, 1959-1963. Member firm Oliver, Macartney and Collins, 1963-1964, Brooks, Oliver, Macartney & Hall, since 1964.
Director Keystone Raceway Corporation, Philadelphia Marina, Incorporated.
Member of law firm Weill, Oliver & Blakeley, 1912-1923, Oliver, Mancill, Deeter & Shallow, 1924-1937. Member firm Oliver, Macartney and Collins, 1963-1964, Brooks, Oliver, Macartney & Hall, since 1964. Director Keystone Raceway Corporation, Philadelphia Marina, Incorporated.
Member delegation City of Philadelphia, United Nations Conference, San Francisco, 1945, Preparatory Conference, London, November-December 1945, Lake Success, New York, November-December 1946.
Member original World Constitution advisory group (University of Chicago). Member American, Federal, Pennsylvania bar associations, American Judicature Society, Society Mayflower Descendants in Commonwealth Pennsylvania (past governor), Society Colonial Wars, American Academy Political and Social Science, Pennsylvania Society, English Speaking Union, Lightning Class Association (past president, vice commodore), Mask and Wig.
Clubs: Bay Head Yacht, North American Yacht Racing Union, Lawyers, Caveat, Penn Athletic.
Married Margaret Hunter Scott, May 22, 1909. Married second, Mina C. Fishtel, February 10, 1932. Children: Ruth, Margaret, Stephen.