Background
Brosman, Paul William was born on November 9, 1899 in Albion, Illinois, United States. Son of William Henry and Lida (Leavitt) Brosman.
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Paul William Brosman
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Bachelor of Laws, from University of Illinois, 1924. Bachelor of Arts, Indiana University, 1926. Juris Scientiae Doctor, Yale University, 1929.
Career
According to Edward F. Sherman, he "was on the first civilian Court of Military Appeals created by the UCMJ in 1951 and played a role in the "civilianizing" of military justice procedures." He was born in Albion, Illinois and died in Washington District of Columbia He graduated in 1924 from the University of Illinois where he was president of Phi Kappa Tau fraternity. He also attended Indiana University and Yale University.
He was an instructor in business law at Indiana University in the 1920s and later professor of law at Mercer University. He came to Tulane in 1932 and became assistant dean in 1935 and dean in 1937.
He was an Army veteran of World War I and during World World War II was chief of the Military Justice Division, Office of the Air Judge Advocate of the Air Force Headquarters.
Achievements
Membership
Member of Illinois and Louisiana bars. Member Louisiana Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Integration of Bar, 1940-1941. Member Louisiana Civil Service Commission, 1947-1948.
Member National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws from Louisiana.
Served as private, South.A.T.C., in United States Army, 1918. Member American (member of council section legal education and admission to bar), Louisiana State (ex-member of the Board of Governors), and New Orleans bar associations, Association American Law Schools, Judge Advocates Association, American Judicature Society American Law Institute, Louisiana State Law Institute, American Academy Political and Social Science, Order of Coif, Phi Kappa Tau, Phi Alpha Delta, Beta Gamma Sigma, Delta Sigma Rho, Alpha Alpha Alpha, Omicron Delta Kappa.
Mason. Clubs: Round Table, Recess, Boston, New Orleans Country (New Orleans).
Connections
Married Katherine Elizabeth Lewis, August 21, 1925.
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Religion
Episcopalian -
Political Party
Democrat