Background
Barus, Maxwell was born on September 14, 1889 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Carl and Anna Gertrude (Howes) Barus.
Barus, Maxwell was born on September 14, 1889 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Carl and Anna Gertrude (Howes) Barus.
Bachelor of Arts, A.M., Brown U., 1910, Bachelor of Laws cum laude, Harvard, 1913.
Admitted to Massachusetts bar, 1913, New York State bar, 1915, also Supreme Court of the United States and other cts. With firm Brandeis, Dunbar & Nutter, Boston, 1913-1914. With firm Fish, Richardson & Neave, and predecessors, New York City, from 1914, senior partner, 1936-1966, of counsel.
From 1966. Alumni trustee Brown University, 1949-1952. President of the board of trustees Brookside School, Montclair, New Jersey, 1938-1940.
Served with United States Naval Reserve Force, 1918-1919. Member American, New York State bar associations, Bar Association City New York, New York County Lawyers Association, New York Patent Law Association, Harvard Law School Association Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Alpha Delta Phi. Clubs: Brown University (past.
Married Jane Garey, September 4, 1915. Children: Carl, Anne (Mistress David H. Seeley), Jane Ellen (Mistress John Wehncke), David Nickerson.