Background
Hecke, Maurice Taylor Van was born on November 11, 1892 in Ashland, Wisconsin, United States. Son of James Augustine and Mary Emma (Taylor) Van Hecke.
Hecke, Maurice Taylor Van was born on November 11, 1892 in Ashland, Wisconsin, United States. Son of James Augustine and Mary Emma (Taylor) Van Hecke.
Student Beloit (Wisconsin) College, 1911-1913. Bachelor of Philosophy Chicago, 1916, Juris Doctor, 1917.
Admitted to Illinois bar, 1917. With Legislative Reference Bureau, Springfield, Illinois, 1917-1920. Assistant professor of law, West Virginia University, 1920-1921.
Associate professor of law U. North Carolina, 1921-1923.
Associate professor of law, University Kansas, 1923, professor, 1924-1928. Professor of law, University North Carolina, since 1928, dean, 1931-1941.
Chairman 4th Regional War Labor Board, Atlanta, 1942-1945. Visiting professor Yale Law School, 1927-1928.
Chairman President's Commision on Migratory Labor, 1950.
Member Order of the Coif (secretary treasurer 1925-1928, president 1928-1931), Law Institute, Phi Delta Phi (honorary), Golden Fleece.
Married Jessie Louise Kelley, July 14, 1917. Children: James Maurice, John Robert, Bayard Taylor, Merwin Spencer.