Background
Landis, James Mccauley was born on September 25, 1899 in American parents, Tokyo, Japan. Son of Henry More and Emma Marie (Stiefler) Landis.
Landis, James Mccauley was born on September 25, 1899 in American parents, Tokyo, Japan. Son of Henry More and Emma Marie (Stiefler) Landis.
Student Mercersburg Academy, 1914-1916. Bachelor of Arts, Princeton. 1921; Bachelor of Laws, Harvard, 1924, Scientiae Juridicae Doctor, 1925.
Doctor of Laws, Fouad University, Cairo, Egypt.
To Justice Brandeis, Supreme Court of the United States Court, 1925. Assistant professor of law, Harvard, 1926-1928. Professor legislation, 1928-1934.
Member Federal Trade Commission, 1933-1934.
Member Securities and Exchange Commission, 1934-1937 (chairman 1935-1937). Dean Harvard Law School, 1937-1946.
Partner law firm Landis, Brenner, Feldman & Reilly. General counsel New York Merc.
Exchange, 1958-1961; special assistant to The President, Washington, 1961.
Director Skouras Theatres, United Artists Theatre Circuit, Skiatron Electronics & Television Corporation, Metropolitan Playhouses, Incorporated., Magra Theatre Corporation: member firm Landis, Feldman, Reilly & Akers, New York Acting Chairman New York Fur Manufacturing Industry, 1949. Director Jet-Missiles-Automation Foundation, International College, Beirut, Syria. Chancellor Asia Institute, New York, 1953.
Supervisor Town of Harrison, New York, 1955-1957.
Member New York Public Service Commission, 1958.
Member Federal Trade Commission, 1933-1934. Member Securities and Exchange Commission, 1934-1937 (chairman 1935-1937). Member New York Public Service Commission, 1958.
Member Commission on Uniform State Laws, Massachusetts, 1931.
Member National Power Policy Commission, 1937. Member President Emergency Board on National Railway Strike, 1938.
Member board of trustees F. Doctorate. Roosevelt Memorial Library, 1946. Chairman President's Special Board on Air Safety, 1947.
Member American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Philosophical Society, Institute for Aeronaut.
Sciences, Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Sigma Rho. Clubs: Harvard (Boston).
Married Stella Galloway McGehee, August 28, 1926. Married second, Dorothy Purdy Brown, July 3, 1948. Children: Stella Ann, Ellen McGehee.