Background
Cox, Oscar Sydney was born on December 3, 1905 in Portland, Maine, United States. Son of Jacob and Sarah Cox.
Cox, Oscar Sydney was born on December 3, 1905 in Portland, Maine, United States. Son of Jacob and Sarah Cox.
Cox attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology and earned two degrees from Yale University Bachelor of Philosophy (1927) and a Bachelor of Laws (1929).
Associate with Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, 1929-1934. Member Supreme Court, District of Columbia, New York bars. Assistant Corporate Counsel in charge taxes New York City, 1934-1938.
Assistant to general counsel United States Treasury Department, 1938-1941.
General counsel Lend-Lease Administration, 1941-1943, also Office Emergency Management 1941-1943. Assistant solicitor general United States, February 1942-December 1943.
General counsel Foreign Economics Administration, December 1943-January 1945, deputy administrator, January-October 1945. Now member firm Cox, Langford & Brown, Washington, Director American Machine & Foundry Company, Nashua Corporation, Italian Economics Corporation, Belgian American Development Corporation Chairman Commission International Rules of Judicial Procedure, since 1961.
Member Supreme Court, District of Columbia, New York bars. Member Order of Coif, Phi Beta Kappa. Clubs: Yale (Washington, New New York
Married Louise Bryson Black, April. Children: Jacob Warren, Peter Winston.