Background
Merrill, Maruice Hitchcock was born on October 3, 1897 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of George Waite and Mary Lavinia (Hitchcok) Merrill.
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Maruice Hitchcock Merrill
Edit ProfileEducation
Bachelor of Arts Oklahoma, 1919. Bachelor of Laws, University Oklahoma, 1922. Doctor of Juridical Science, Harvard University, 1925.
Career
Lawyer, Tulsa, 1922-1924. Assistant, special instructor, instructor in government University Oklahoma, 1919-1922. Associate professor law University Idaho, 1925-1926.
Assistant professor law, professor University Nebraska, 1926-1928, 28-36. Professor law, acting dean University Oklahoma, 1936-1950, 45-46, research professor law, 1950-1992. Attorney University Oklahoma Research Institute, 1941-1992.
Visiting teacher law summer sessions University California, 1927, Cornell University, 1928, University Iowa, 1931, University Kansas, 1934, University Texas, 1937, University Chicago, 1938, University North Carolina, 1958, 63-92, University Michigan, 1960, 62.
Achievements
Membership
Counsel, draftsman Tulsa Charter Revision Committee, 1939. Member Norman Charter Revision Committee, 1940-1945. Chairman local examining boards for Oklahoma, under United States Board Legal Examiners and Civil Service Commission, 1942-1944.
Public panel member Eighth Regional War Labor Board, 1943-1945. Chairman permanent trucking panel, 1943-1945. Member labor panel American Arbitration Association, 1944-1992.
Member from Oklahoma, National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, 1944-1992, vice president 1964. Member secretary Judicial Council Oklahoma, 1945-1946. Fellow Institute Judicial ADminstrn., American Bar Association.
Member National Adac. of Arbitrators (chairman for Oklahoma public information program 1942-1944), Cleveland County Bar Association, Oklahoma Bar Association, Southwestern Science Society Association, American Academy Political and Social Science, Academy Political Science, Industrial Relations Research Association, Oklahoma History Society, American Judicature Society, American Rose Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Kappa Psi, Phi Delta Phi, Order of Coif.
Connections
Married Orpha Roberts, June 4, 1922. 1 child, Marilyn Jean.
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American