Background
Egbert, Lawrence Deems was born on February 1, 1897 in Saint Paul. Son of John Paul and Anna Louise (Deems) Egbert.
Egbert, Lawrence Deems was born on February 1, 1897 in Saint Paul. Son of John Paul and Anna Louise (Deems) Egbert.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Michigan, 1919. Postgraduate Harvard, 1919-1921, Academy International Law, The Hague, 1923. Doctor en Droit summa cum laude, Faculte de Droit, U. Paris, 1926.
Instructor international law University of Illinois, Northwestern University, 1927-1934. Assistant to Law Librarian of Congress, Washington, 1935-1936. Specialist on commercial treaties and foreign commercial policies United States Tariff Commission, 1936-1941.
Admitted to District of Columbia Bar, 1941.
Assistant chief central information division Office of Strategic Services, 1941-1943. Commissioned major Army of the United States, 1943, advanced lieutenant colonel, 1945.
Retired, 1949. Lecturer law faculty U. Paris, National School Administration, Paris, Johns Hopkins.
Member executive staff United States chief counsel Nuremberg trial Nazi War Criminals, 1945-1946. Research coordinator State Department, 1950-1960.
Latin American specialist with office international conferences State Department, 1960-1961. Coordinator law conference, Brazil, 1961.
Disarmament researcher Atlantic Research Corporation, Washington, 1962.
Research director World Peace through Law Center, 1963-1967. Adjunct Professor international law American University, 1949-1965. Assistant secretary-general Congress of Comparative Law, The Hague, Holland, 1937.
Organisation representative Rome Food Conference, 1974.
Member Task Force on United States Food Policy.
Member Inter-American (executive secretary Havana conference 1941), Federal (associate editor 1936-1943) bar associations, American Society International Law, Pi Sigma Alpha, Phi Alpha Delta. Club: Cosmos (Washington).
Married Evelyn Loretta Forsyth, July 18, 1922. Children: Lawrence, John, Charles.