Background
Freund, Paul Abraham was born on February 16, 1908 in St. Louis. Son of Charles and Hulda (Arenson) Freund.
Freund, Paul Abraham was born on February 16, 1908 in St. Louis. Son of Charles and Hulda (Arenson) Freund.
AB, Washington University, 1928. Doctor of Laws, Washington University, 1956. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard University, 1931.
Doctor of Juridical Science, Harvard University, 1932. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Columbia University, 1954. Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Louisville, 1956.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Chicago, 1961. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Boston University, 1964. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Queens.
University, Ontario, 1970. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Brown University, 1972. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Yale University, 1972.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Brandeis University, 1974. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Williams College, 1974. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Clark University, 1977.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Harvard University, 1977. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Georgetown University, 1983. Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Bologna, 1981.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Hebrew Union College, 1961. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Cornell College, 1968. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Bates College, 1973.
Doctor of Letters (honorary), Temple University, 1973. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Yeshiva University, 1975. Data Control Language (honorary), Union College, 1968.
HHD (honorary), Stonehill College, 1978.
Law clerk to Justice Louis Brandeis, Supreme Court of the United States Court, 1932-1933; member legal staff, unites states department Treasury, 1933-1935; special assistant to attorney general, Office of Solicitor General, unites states department Justice, 1935-1939, 42-46; lecturer law, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1939-1940; professor of law, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1940-1950; Charles Stebbins Fairchild professor, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1950-1957; Royall professor, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1957-1958; Carl M. Loeb U. professor, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1958-1976; professor emeritus, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, from 1976; Pitt professor American history and institutions, Cambridge (England) University, 1957-1958. Jefferson lecturer National Endowment for Humanities, 1975. Member Judicial Nominating Commission 1st Circuit.
Director Salzburg Seminary American Studies. Trustee Washington University. Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences (past president) British Academy (correspondent).
Member American Judicature Society, Massachusetts History Society, American Philosophical Society, American Bar Association, American Law Institute (Henry J. Friendly award 1989), Harvard Society Fellows, Signet Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Pi Sigma Alpha. Clubs: St. Botolph (Boston).