Background
Gantt, Paul Hawkins was born on March 26, 1907 in Vienna, Austria. Son of Henry and Olga (Otte) Gans.
Gantt, Paul Hawkins was born on March 26, 1907 in Vienna, Austria. Son of Henry and Olga (Otte) Gans.
Juris Utriusque Doctor, U. Vienna, 1931. Juris Doctor, College William and Mary, 1942.
Admitted to Virginia bar, 1942, District of Columbia Bar, 1950. Practiced law in Vienna, Austria, 1935-1938. Attorney Arthur T. Vanderbilt, Newark, 1943-1944, National Housing Agency, 1944-1945, United States Bureau Mines, 1945-1946.
Trial attorney, chief counsel War Crimes, Nuernberg, Germany, 1946-1949, director special projects division, 1947-1949.
Attorney Bureau Reclamation, Denver, 1950-1952. Attorney-adviser office solicitor Department Interior, 1952-1958, procurement counsel, 1958-1959, Chairman of the Board contract appeals, 1959-1964.
Chairman of the Board contract appeals Atomic Energy Commission, Washington, 1964-1974. Individual practice, Washington, 1974-1976.
Member District of Columbia Civil War Centennial Commission, 1962-1965. Served with infantry Army of the United States, 1942-1943. Member American, Federal (past president), Virginia bar associations, United League Lawyers (president United States section), National Lawyers.
Married Hilda East. Delaney, June 26, 1948.